World War II Honoree

Stella Simons Crow

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Valley Falls, Kansas

Honored By

Mary Leslie Crow Hix & Thomas G. Crow

Relationship

Children

RECEIVED BASIC TRAINING AT HUNTER COLLEGE, NEW YORK AND IOWA STATE TEACHER'S COLLEGE. THEN ON TO OLATHE NAVY TRAINING STATION IN NORTH AND SOUTH GROUND SCHOOL. WHERE RESPONSIBLE FOR CERTIFYING COMPLETION OF ASSIGNED PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR CADETS AND ALSO ISSUING 24, 48 AND 72 HOUR PASSES. HER NEXT DUTY ASSIGNMENT WAS IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, WHERE SHE DID CLERICAL WORK IN WAVE (WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE) DISCIPLINARY AND HOUSING. LATER ASSIGNED AS MASTER-AT-ARMS FOR A WAVE (WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE) BARRACKS. HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON OCTOBER 21, 1945, WITH A RANK OF YEOMAN 2ND CLASS.