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June Nesbitt Gibbs oral history transcription, 1996

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 214
Scope and Contents

Gibbs, June Nesbitt, 1922. Reminiscences ofJune Gibbs who was an officer in the WAVES in WWII. Includes education at Wellesley College, course in cryptography; Enlisted in the WAVES in 1942; Training at USNMS (WR) at Smith College and Mt. Holyoke; Assigned to Naval Communication Annex, Washington, D.C.,where she worked on breaking the German code; Worked with early computers; Social life; Comments on Mildred McAfee and Madame Chiang Kai-Shek; V:J Day celebrations; Discharged inJanuary 1946; Impact of WAVES seIVice on her life; Received M. A. from Boston University; InĀ­ volvement in Republican politics in Middletown, R.1.; On Town Council and a State Senator.

Dates: 1996

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