Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Weymouth, Massachusetts
Honored By
Michael Lynett
JOINED THE UNITED STATES NAVY WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE (WAVES) AND SERVED DURING WWII. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GROUPS OF WOMEN WHO FORMED THE WAVES CORPS AND SERVED AS A LIEUTENANT IN COMMUNICATIONS AND CODING IN PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII AND WASHINGTON D.C.