Oral history interview with Ethyl Olson [sound recording], 2005.

United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

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The United States entered WWII in 1941 and soon faced a serious shortage of manpower in the military. Congress, along with public interest and advocacy from various national organizations, forced the Department of the Navy (over considerable internal resistance) to start accepting women into their service to augment the many thousands of men already active in the war effort. On June 24, 1942, Congress passed an act to create a women's reserve as a branch of the Naval reserve; to be governed by ...

Wahiawa Radio Station (Oahu, Hawaii)

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum

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Macdonald, Terry

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Olson, Ethyl,

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Ethyl Olson, a Waukegan, Illinois native served during World War II with the Navy WAVES. She discusses her service in several radio stations in California and Hawaii. She attended Lake Forest College on the GI Bill after the war, and settled in Sturgeon Bay (Wisconsin) where she raised a family. From the description of Oral history interview with Ethyl Olson [sound recording], 2005. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 225202362 ...