World War II Honoree

Alberta Lee Feynman

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Saratoga Springs, New York

Honored By

Michael Lynett

SERVED IN WWII IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE (WAVES) FROM 1944 TO 1946. SHE APPLIED HER KNOWLEDGE TO WRITING AND EDITING FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE REPORTS WHILE STATIONED AT THE ORDNANCE INVESTIGATION LABORATORY, U.S. NAVAL POWDER FACTORY IN STUMP NECK NEAR INDIAN HEAD, MARYLAND. THIS WAS A FIELD LABORATORY FOR ANALYZING BOMBS AND EXPLOSIVES, BOTH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. SHE WAS DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE.