Oral history interview with Janice Belleau [sound recording], 2007.

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 ...

Wisconsin Veterans Museum

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American Legion. Madelyn La Canne Post No. 539 (Green Bay, Wis.)

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Edwards, Ralph, 1913-2005

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Belleau, Janice, 1924-

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Belleau (1924- ) served as a mail clerk with the Navy during World War II at in San Bruno, California. She has been an active member of the American Legion in Green Bay, Wisconsin for forty-seven years from 1960 to 2007. From the description of Oral history interview with Janice Belleau [sound recording], 2007. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 262297388 ...

Macdonald, Terry

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United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...