Papers of Bernice Larson Boyum, 1943-1993 (bulk 1943-1948).

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Papers of Bernice Larson Boyum, 1943-1993 (bulk 1943-1948).

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Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, official Navy forms and documents, correspondence, WAVES memorabilia, and photographs documenting Boyum's experiences as a young woman in the military during World War II.

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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 ...

Boyum, Bernice Larson, 1922-

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A native of Story City, Iowa, Bernice Larson Boyum enlisted in the Navy's Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) in 1943. She was stationed at Columbus, Ohio and later at the Great Lakes Naval Station in Chicago where she served as a supply office worker, achieving the rank of Storekeeper 2nd Class. She was honorably discharged in 1946. Boyum used the GI Bill to attend Luther College and found employment in Des Moines as a social worker with Lutheran Social Services....