United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve

Potter, E. Jane, LCDR, USN, 1913-1999. Reminiscence of a WWII WAVE whojoined the regular Navy and served for twenty-one years. Includes her youth in Beaver, Pa.; Graduation from Geneva College; Worked in Personnel De­ partment, Jones and Laughlin Steel Co., 1934-1943; Joined the USN for patriotic reasons; Trained at USNMS (WR), Smith College; As.signed as Head, Navy Relief, Newport, R.I.; Assigned to BuPers, Plans and Policy Department, ca. 1946;Assigned to London in Intel Department;Joint Staff, Germany; CNO's Office; First woman to attend NWC, 1958-1959; Staff, NWC, 1959-1960; Amphibious Force assignment, Little Creek, Va., 1960--1963; Retired in 1963; Retirement and work in Washington, D.C; Retired in Newport, R.I.; Positive comments on naval career.

Smith, Edith, 1924. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE who served as a Yeoman at Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI., 1944-1945; Includes her growing up years in Woonsocket, RI.; High School graduation, 1941; Employment at Slatersville Finishing Co. in Payroll Department; Reaction to Pearl Harbor bombing; Enlisted in WAVES in 1944; Training and indoctrination at USNTS (WR) Hunter Col­ lege, Bronx, N .Y.; Member of singing platoon that appeared on Perry Como Show; Yeoman train­ing at Oklahoma A&M, Stillwater, Okla.; Assignment in Personnel Department at NAVTORSTA, Newport, R.I.; Recreation; Maniage, June 1945; V:J Day celebrations in Newport; Discharged, No­vember 1945; Impact of WAVES service on her life; Postwar employment; Ocean State WAVES Membership.

O'Connor, Eileen, 1922-2001. Reminiscences of an enlisted WAVE who served in WWII. Focus is on early years in James­ town, R.I.; Graduated from Rogers High School, attended Newport Secretarial School; Joined WAVES inJuly 1943;Basic training at Hunter College, N.Y.; Advanced training at Yeoman School, Stillwater, Okla.; Daily routine; Classes; Regimental reviews; Recreation; Assigned to BuPers, Washington, Washington, D.C.;Barracks at Arlington Farms; Temporary assignment to Secretary of the Navy's office; Interview with Mildred McAfee, WAVES Director; Yeoman Detailer, Chap­ lains Division; Story of Chaplain O'Callaghan; Chief Yeoman, Chief of Navy Chaplains; Social life; Recreation; Promoted to Chief; Lifelong friendships; Positive experience and benefits of WAVES service; Discharge from WAVES; Postwar employment at NWC Logistics and Classified Library.

Carlson, Elizabeth Malm, 1912-. Youth in Boston suburbs; Simmons College graduate;Joined the WAVES in December 1942; Training and indoctrination at U.S. Naval Midshipmen's School (WR) , Northampton, Mass.; At­ tendance at Navy Supply School, Harvard Business School where learned accounting procedures; Assigned to First Naval District headquarters, Boston Navy Yard, as assistant to the disbursing offi­ cer; Married in 1943;Assigned to the Philadelphia Navy Yard; discharged in December 1945; Sig­ nificance of her naval career; Postwar employment.

Cocroft discusses her enlisting in the WAVES in 1942, training at the Radio School at the University of Wisconsin, her assignment to the NAS San Diego, CA, work living conditions, recreation, attendance at US Naval Midshipmen's School (WR) in 1944, communications training and assignment at HDQs, 12th Naval District, San Francisco and discharge in 1945.

Birdy discusses her service in the WAVES from 1944 to 1946 as storekeeper in Pasco, WA, Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Seattle, WA. Included are her comments on training at the U.S. Naval Training School (WR), housing, recreation, marriage in Seattle, and thirty-three years as a Navy wife.

Villeneuve, Esther Fritz, 1922-. Reminiscences ofa WAVE who seived as a storekeeper during WWII. Focus is on early years in Titonka, Iowa, where she attended High School and worked; Attended Warburg College; Worked in Mason City, Iowa; Enlisted in WAVES in 1943; Comments on training at USNTS, Bronx, N.Y.; Advanced training at Milledgeville, Ga., as storekeeper; Assigned to Norfolk Naval Base in Dis­ persing Office; Social life; Barracks life; Met husband there; Sang in WAVES chorus; V:J Day in Norfolk; Discharged in April 1946; Impact of WAVES on life; Settled in Pawtucket, R.I.; Work and family; Membership and offices in Ocean State WAVES.

Blasik, G. Marie Edmonds, 1923-. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Youth in Kenyon, RI., on a farm; After High School graduation she worked in the Kenyon textile mills for two years;Joined the WAVES in 1944 forpa­ triotic reasons; Trained at USNTS (WR), Hunter College, N.Y.; White Glove inspections; Classes; Marching; Assigned to NAS Kingsville, Tex., where painted insignia on aircraft; Worked in the tower counting aircraft; Resentment of WAVES by sailors who were sent to the front; Recreation; Played on sports teams; V:J Day Celebrations; Enjoyed her Naval Service; Impact of WAVES on her life; Maintained friendships with WAVES; Marriage and children in Kenyon, R.I.; Member of Ocean State WAVES.

Pouliot, Gabrielle, 1913-2005. Reminiscences of a WAVE who served in "'°WII. Includes early years in Manitoba, Canada; Move to Central Falls, R.I., in 1923; Education and employment at Wardell Braiding Co. and JP Coates; Enlisted in the WAVES in 1944; Training and indoctrination, USNTS (WR), Bronx, N .Y.; Assignment at WAVES Receiving Station, Manhattan Towers, NYC; Master of Arms, Brooklyn Na­ val Hospital, Supervisor, Corps WAVES; Social life; V:J Day celebrations in NYC; Discharged in 1947;Joined Reserves Unit in Pawtucket, 1948; Active duty Arlington Fanns, 1951-1953; Retired from Reserves in 1973; Positive about naval career and opportunities it offered.