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Army WACs 

WACs Dine Aboard Luxury Liner Bound for Hawaii

January 30, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WACs, dinner, hawaii, ship, table

WACs shown dining aboard former luxury liner with tableware once used by tourists, enroute to Hawaii. 31 May 1944. Photo

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Coast Guard 

Two SPARS Pause on Ladder of USS Neversail

December 1, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, boot camp, Coast Guard SPARS, ship, SPARS

Two African-American SPARS – Aileen Cooke and Olivia Hooker – pause on the ladder of the dry-land ship U.S.S. Neversail

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Coast Guard Firsts 

First SPAR to Set Foot on Overseas Soil

December 1, 2017February 27, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments boat deck, Coast Guard SPARS, Honolulu, overseas, ship

Phyllis Baguley of Lansing, Michigan, holds the honor of being the first SPAR to set foot on overseas soil. Pictured

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Navy Nurses 

Navy Nurses Aboard the USS Solace

November 29, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments American flag, deck, Navy nurses, pacific, ship, USS Solace

Navy nurses aboard the USS Solace in the Pacific, circa 1945. Photo size: 1820 × 1483 Photo source: U.S. Navy

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Red Cross 

Red Cross Nurses Await Arrival of Survivors

November 3, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments intelligence officers, Naval Ordnance Base, Norfolk, Red Cross, ship, survivors, Virginia

Red Cross Nurses and intelligence officers await the arrival of survivors at Naval Ordnance Base, Norfolk, Virginia. Photo size: 2940

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Kiss Sailors Goodbye on USS Saratoga

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments bon voyage, discharge, flight deck, goodbye, hawaii, kisses, Pearl Harbor, sailors, ship, USS Saratoga, WAVES

WAVES kiss sailors during a “Back to the States” party on the flight deck of USS SARATOGA (CV-3) at Pearl

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