World War II Honoree

Emma Jane Gwatkin Nunn

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Battle Creek, Michigan

Honored By

Ellen J. Cruickshank

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED IN NOVEMBER 1942 AS AN APPRENTICE SEAMAN AT DETROIT, MICHIGAN. SHE SERVED AS AN AVIATION METALSMITH 2ND CLASS AND REPAIRED SHEET METAL ON AIRCRAFT WITH BATTLE DAMAGE. SHE RECEIVED TRAINING AT THE NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOLS IN CEDAR FALLS, IOWA AND NORMAN OKLAHOMA DURING 1943 AND WAS STATIONED AT BOCA RATON, FLORIDA FROM 1943 TO 1944. SHE APPEARED IN THE WAR FILM TITLED 'WOMEN IN BLUE' IN WHICH SHE WAS SHOWN REPAIRING AN AIRCRAFT BY RIVETING NEW SHEET METAL ON THE AIRFRAME. SHE WAS ONE OF THE NATION'S 'ROSIE THE RIVETERS' DURING THE WAR. SHE IS ENROLLED AS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S WWII MEMORIAL.