United States Navy Waves photographs, 1944.

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United States Navy Waves photographs, 1944.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79629625

Group of five WAVES and three sailors standing outside a building on the base. Richard Yates is in the second row on the right.

1 item : B/W print (8" x 10")

Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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