Papers, 1944-1946.

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Papers, 1944-1946.

All of the materials relate to her service in the WAVES, 1945-1946, including training at U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, NY and St. Albans Hospital, NY. Includes photographs of President Roosevelt and Captain Amsden, Frank Sinatra, and WAVES Singing Platoon on VE Day, May 1945.

1 box; 10.5 x 5 x 15 in.

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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 ...

Sinatra, Frank

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Amsden, William, 1884-1979.

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Lewis, Madge, 1914-2003.

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Madge Lewis joined the WAVES in 1944, trained at U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, NY and served as a chaplain's assistant at St. Albans Naval Hospital, NY. She was in charge of the Singing Platoon when she was at the Naval Training School. From the description of Papers, 1944-1946. (Naval War College). WorldCat record id: 756770769 ...