Print plaque Printing Tips

World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Ruth O. Edgerton Long

Hometown

Faison, North Carolina

Honored By

Ruth O. Edgerton Long

Relationship

Self

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Summer of 1943, at shipyard in Wilmington, North Carolina, a clerk-typist. Typed material in various shipyard offices; aboard ships under construction. Took data from shipbuilders/workers for taxation uses. Other summers, had backyard garden of climbing green beans. Began teaching high school in 1944.