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that conversation, Dr. Sullivan has been researching all the WW II women’s
military organizations searching for women’s military band information
and members to interview. The Marines were very easy to locate as they
had all stayed in touch for over 50 years through a newsletter and donated
band materials to WIMSA.
The SPARS weren’t hard, either. Dr. Sullivan traveled to Fort Lee, VA, and collected her information on the WAC bands. However, when she contacted the Navy band in Washington, DC, and the Navy Yard Historical Center, they both told her a WAVES’ Band didn’t exist. After about a year, she hired a professional researcher in DC to go to the archives and “dig.” The researcher found one formal picture of a WAVES’ Band in DC, in Elizabeth Butler’s book, NAVY WAVES. The researcher also sent Dr. Sullivan information and pictures on a WAVES’ Drum and Bugle Corps in Stillwater and Seattle. She recently ordered a film from the National Archives that has the WAVES’ Drum and Bugle Corps marching in the Nimitz parade, October 5, 1945. Dr. Sullivan has called experts who have written books on women’s naval |
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and no one can help her. She has now turned to the ‘real’ experts, ….YOU!
She would like to finish an article this summer that is an overview of the women’s bands during this era. This is to be followed by a book, as yet incomplete due to her lack of information on WAVES’ bands. If you have any information, please contact me. My address, email, and phone number appear in the second page of White Caps. EXECUTIVE
SECRETARY
I have forwarded regional membership listings to all regional reps. State Membership listing were included to be forwarded to all State Directors. Names and addresses of all state directors were listed in the June White Caps. If you have any problems or concerns please contact me at the home or E-Mail address or phone number listed on page 2 of the White Caps. If you are interested in Life Membership please contact me for information and application process as stated above. |
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would like to thank all past and present unit treasurers for their support
over the years to me and to the dedication to their unit members. Until
next time “Anchors Aweigh”!
WHITE
CAPS EDITOR
It’s getting awfully warm here in Arkansas. So, it’s time to travel. We’ll be heading out for the North, to Mid-Term in Nashville, TN, and the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. We look forward to hearing from you and putting your timely articles in the White Caps. Please pay close attention to my page 2 address and mail your submissions to that address. I have received articles from some of you, but we have not had room to put them all in. We prioritize items as they come in. Some of the things we look at are interest levels. Is it of interest to the majority or just a few? Is it timely? Your Foam off the WAVES items are always included. Some are edited for brevity, but the critical information is mentioned. We have asked that you limit your Foam inputs to 75 words or less. Short, concise items help all of us. It gives us ideas to try for our units. Remember! The next deadline is September 1st for the October issue. |
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Dassa Carvey WAVES National Public Relations Chairman |
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Seasons Unit 53, (Iowa), is participating in the Veterans’ History Project.
Last November, Audrey Jordahl was interviewed by the historian at the Hoover
Presidential Library, West Branch, IA.
Before joining the Navy, Audrey was working in a telephone office and didn’t see a future for herself. At the time, the Navy opened up the service for women. Her Dad, having been a pharmacist’s mate, encouraged her to join the Navy. Audrey joined in March 1943 and took a troop train from rural Iowa to Brooklyn, NY. Audrey told of her husband being a Navy pilot in WW II and the Korean War. She was a Link Trainer instructor and Celestial Link Operator during her tour in WW II. Audrey trained at Link school in Atlanta, GA, before transferring to NAS Norman, OK.. In November, ’44, she attended Link Celestial Navigation Trainer School in Quonset Pt., RI. From there, she was assigned to NAS Jacksonville, FL and NAS Banana River, FL, until her |
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in ’45. After her discharge, she took advantage of the GI Bill and returned
to college, and continued on to graduate school.
Her husband was recalled to active duty in 1952-1954, and she followed him to his duty stations in Memphis, Norfolk and Jacksonville. Audrey indicated by joining the WAVES, she gained the self-confidence to try anything she wanted to do. This self-confidence lead her to try her hand at numerous jobs: teaching, real estate agent, stock broker, insurance and securities, among other endeavors. Both she and her husband were interviewed and the tapes sent to the Library of Congress as part of the VHP. Audrey and her husband have also been interviewed on a local radio program with other veterans. Audrey has been active in WAVES National, also. She has been a unit president, state director, regional representative and National Parliamentarian. |
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