United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

Hume discusses her youth, enlistment in the WAVES in 1944, training at US Naval Training School (WR), yeoman school. assigned to CO, Air Force Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, VA, discharged in 1946; attended American University and graduated from Barnard College, worked at the CIA, joined regular Navy in 1951, Women Officers School, Newport, RI, various career assignments, including Director, Personnel, First Naval District, 1970-1971, retiring that year. Comments on naval career and opportunities for women.

Ellis, De Ette Unruh, 1924-. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes family, secretarial school and work at GM in Pontiac, Mich.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor bombing; Joined Navy in 1944; Patriotism and elder brother in the navy were motivating factors; Wrote articles on her experience as a WAVE for the Pontiac newspaper; Trained at USNTS (WR), Hunter College, Bronx, N.Y.; Attended Yeoman School at Stillwater, Okla.; Assigned to NYC; Conducted inventory at Bremerton, Wash., Navy Yard for five months; Returned to NYC and Pine Street separation office; Loved NYC; Visited Wil­liam Paley's apartment; Marriage in 1950; WAVES service, a positive experience.

Ellis was born in 1924 in Pretty Prairie, Kansas, attended secretarial school in Pontiac, MI and worked at General Motors before joining the Navy. She remained in New York, worked for a dress designer, and was married in 1950. At the time of recording, she lived in Newport, RI.

deWildt discusses joining the WAVES in 1943, training at Iowa State Teachers College, and Aviation Mechanics School, Memphis, TN, her assignment as an Aviation Mechanics Mate in Memphis, TN, NAS, Livermore, CA, on flight crew line and tower work, NAS, Otumna, Iowa, on the ground crew; VJ Day, and discharge in November of 1945.

deildt was born in Hibbing, MN in 1920 and graduated from Duluth State College. She taught in a high school before joining the WAVES. Once discharged she settled in Rhode Island, received an MLS from the Univeristy of Rhode Island and taught in Narragansett, RI. Part of the WAVES in WWII Oral History project.

Mazzoni, Donna Borkenhagen, 1919-. Youth and education in Cookston, Minn.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor Attack, 1941; Joined WAVES for patriotic reasons; Training at U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Hunter College; Ra­ dio Operators School, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Naval Communications Department, Washington, D.C.; Housed at WAVES Quarters I; Recreation and social life; V:J Day celebration; Death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Discharged in October 1945; Marriage in 1946; Signifi­ cance of WAVES setvice.

Ball discusses her reasons for joining the WAVES in 1943, training at the US Naval Training School (WR), Hunter College, assignment as a file clerk in Washington, DC in the Bureau of Personnel, then worked in the mailroom. Comments on residence in Arlington Farms, social life, recreation and marriage in June 1945. Ball continued her affiliation with the Navy as a navy wife for sixteen years.

Ball was born in Woonsocket, RI in 1922. She spent her youth there and worked for US Rubber making barrage balloons after she graduated from high school in 1940. After her years as a navy wife, she returned to Warwick, RI and was employed by J.F. Moran Company.

Part of the WAVES in WWII Oral History Project.

Bergquist, Doris Dawson, 1924-. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes youth in Cranston, RI., High School graduation in 1943; Goal was to join the Navy; Enlisted in October 1944; Trained at USNTS (WR), Hunter College; Integration of her regiment; Response of women to integration; Attended Yeo­man School at Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa, classes; Opinion of training; As­ signed to NAS, Pensacola, Fla., in officer personnel; Social life; Friendships; Met celebrities Ted Williams, Averell Harriman and John N. Brown; Work was interesting; Well treated by officers and civilians; Separated from the Navy in 1947; Sadness at leaving; Medals received; Impact of na­val service on life; Attended WAVE reunions; Member of Ocean State WAVES and WAVES Na­tional; Proud to be a WAVE and felt she made a contribution to the war effort.

O'Toole, Doris, 1923-2000. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE, includes youth in Haledon, NJ. High School and employ­ ment with Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Enlisted in the WAVES in 1943 in NYC; Basic train­ ing at U.S. Naval Training School (WR) Bronx, N.Y.; Training at Camp Lejeune Naval Hospital as a Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class; Assignment at Naval Dispensary, Charleston Naval Base, S.C.; Duties and problems; Recreation, ships parties; Smallpox scare; V:J Day celebrations; Cooperative spirit among WAVES; Impact of WAVES on life; GI Bill for College and graduate education; Re­ search scientist at Charles Pfizer Corporation; Member, Ocean State WAVES.

Nemitz, Doris Williams, 1924. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE who served as a Yeoman at the Newport (R.I.) Naval Base in the communications office. Early years and education in Providence (R.l.); Employment in Walsh Kaiser Shipyard, Cranston, R.l., andJuliette Mills, Providence, R.l.; Patriotism; Enlisted in 1944; Training and indoctrination at USNTS ('WR) Bronx, N.Y.; Comments on classes; Marching; Recreation; Food; Yeoman training at Iowa State Teacher's College, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Assign­ ment at Naval Base, Newport, R.l. in the Communication Station where she was involved in de­ coding, receiving and sending messages; Lived in WAVES barracks on base; Friends; Recreation; Social life in Newport; Fire in Barracks B; V:J Day; Discharge in May 1946; WAVES service a posi­ tive experience; Marriage, 1947; Member, Ocean State WAVES; Attended WAVES reunions, Boston, Mass.

Council, Dorothy, CAPT, USN, 1912-1998. Reminiscences of career as an officer in the WAVES in WWII and in the regular Navy, 1942- 1972. Includes early years in Northampton, Mass.; Education at Smith College, class of 1933; Ca­reer in merchandising at Macy's and Franklin Simon; Enlisted in the WAVES in 1942; Indoctrina­tion at Mt. Holyoke College; Assigned as Personnel Officer, Communications Division, 1942- 1945, Washington, D.C.; Discrimination vs. Women; Administration and Personnel Officer, Com­munication Division, Hawaii, 1945-1946; Administration and Personnel Officer, Communica­tion Division, San Francisco, Calif., 1946-1950; Women Officer Detail, BuPers, Washington, D.C., 1950-1953; Promotion exams; Administration and Personnel Officer, Central Torpedo Office, Newport, RI., 1953-1957; Fond of Newport; BuPers liaison in congress, 1957-1960; Administra­tion and personnel officer, EUCOM, Paris, 1960-1962; Living in Paris, CO, Recruit training Women, 1962-1964; Bainbridge, Md.; Assistant Administration Officer, NWC; Promotion to Cap­tain; OSD, Military Personnel Branch, 1968-1972; Retirement in Newport and travel experiences.

Midgeley, Dorothy R., 1924-. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE who served as a Welfare and Recreation Specialist at Charleston, S.C., Naval Base. Includes youth in Wells, N.Y.; Hostess at USO, Schenectady, N.Y.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor bombing; Enlisted in WAVES in 1944; Training and indoctrination and Specialist School (WR) Bronx, N.Y.; Daily routine; Classes; Marching; Food; Duties at Noisette Creek Barracks, Charleston, S.C.; Social life; Ship parties; Trips to Miami and Havana; Dis­ charged in 1946;Joined Reserve Unit, Albany, N.Y., 1948-1949; Marriage; WAVE Conventions and Ocean State WAVES.