First Navy Flight Nurse on Iwo Jima
The first Navy flight nurse on Iwo Jima (6 March 1945) and later Okinawa (6 April 1945), ENS Jane Kendeigh,
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Firsts
First SPAR to Set Foot on Overseas Soil
Phyllis Baguley of Lansing, Michigan, holds the honor of being the first SPAR to set foot on overseas soil. Pictured
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Army Nurse First Woman to Receive Air Medal
Brig. General Fred W. Borum presents the Air Medal to Lt. Elsie Ott, the first woman to receive the honor,
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First African-American WAVES Officers
LTJG Harriet Ida Pickens and ENS Frances Wills were members of the final graduating class at Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School
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