Papers, 1942-1945.

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Papers, 1942-1945.

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Personal letters written to Patton's mother, Mrs. Charles Henderson, during her WAVES service, December 22, 1942- December 10, 1945. She comments on new friends, family friends, social life, dates, naval training, Charleston, S.C. and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, future plans, return trip home in USS Solace, WAVES Director Mildred McAfee, and positive feelings about serving in the WAVES.

One volume; 10.5 x 2.5 x 12 in.

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8142131

Naval War College, Henry E. Eccles Library

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McAfee, Mildred H. (Mildred Helen), 1900-1994

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Mildred Helen McAfee Horton (May 12, 1900 – September 2, 1994) was an American academic who served during World War II as first director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the United States Navy. She was the first woman commissioned in the U.S. Naval Reserve and the first woman to receive the Navy Distinguished Service Medal. In addition to her distinguished military service, Mildred H. McAfee was also the 7th president of Wellesley College. She was a U.S. delega...

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 ...

Patton, Kennon B.H., 1918-

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Kennon B.H. Patton was born in Carrollton, Georgia in 1918. She graduated from the University of Georgia in 1938 and worked at West Georgia College before joining the second class of WAVE officers in December 1942. She served in the WAVES for three years, mainly in communications billets in Charleston, SC and Hawaii. From the description of Papers, 1942-1945. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 756648965 ...