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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 25 April 1999; various photographs of Bailey's time with the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), 1943-1946; a booklet from the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School, 1943; various military papers; an officer hat insignia; Navy discharge pin.

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Ora T. Beatty served in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II.

The collection includes 2 letters of recommendation from Beatty's family physician and school principal to consider for WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), personal correspondence, and Navy Training Course certificate. Oversize Box 2 The Stethoscope United States Naval Hospital newsletter and a photograph of Beatty.

Content Description This collection includes a letter to Burnett from Lucile Thompson of the Office of Naval Officer Procurement who inquired how Burnett was doing at the Great Lakes Naval Center for her basic training. Another letter; dated 19 March 1949, was written by Burnett to her family and it describes basic training and her free time off base in Waukegan, Illinois. The collection also includes a navy blue jacket and skirt, a navy blue garrison cap, a seersucker garrison cap, and a shoulder navy ranking...

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 11 February 2000; various correspondence, 1941-1945; various newspaper clippings, 1942-1946; photographs and 16 artist color renderings of Coolangatta, Queensland/Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia.

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The collection includes a June 1944 letter addressed to James' mother in Valley Park, Missouri. James writes about her experiences taking the train and the bus to get to the base at Algiers.

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The collection includes an oral history transcript, 23 March 2003; various photographs of Lutz's Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency (WAVES) Navy, 1943-1945; personal correspondence during her WAVES service, 1943-1944, along with Navy papers and newspaper clippings, 1943-2003; DVD video interview by Bob Gaines "The Vanishing Generation."

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This collection includes Correspondence, 1944-1946. Though the majority of correspondence is personal in nature it presents insights into many different aspects of the military, including the urgent need for infantry, the relationship between officers and enlisted soldiers, life as a soldier, and Nabors's experiences as a female serving in the military.

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The collection includes The Havelock newsletters, photographs, military papers, biographical materials, Identification Tag, 1943; Good Conduct Medal,1946; Patches,1943-1946; Ribbons, 1943-1946; "Ruptured Duck" Discharge Pin, 1946.

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This collection includes Correspondence, 1943-1945 and undated ; Military papers, 1944-1946; Back to Civvies booklet, circa 1945; Women's Reserve Information Separation Pamphlet, 1945; United States Naval Training School, Milledgeville, GA, circa 1943-1945.