Papers and photographs, 1932-1951.

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Papers and photographs, 1932-1951.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57194118

Papers and photographs of Margaret E. Williams, a lieutenant in the Navy through Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES) during World War II.

Papers 0.4 linear ft. (1 archives box) and.Photographs 0.2 linear ft. (1 archives box)

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7760088

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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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 ...

Williams, Margaret E, 1910-2000.

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Whitford, William

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Williams, Owen J.

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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...