World War II Honoree

Elizabeth Mae Allen Hawes Hartford

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Seattle, Washington

Honored By

Lisa Hawes

Relationship

Daughter

AT ONLY 17, HER FIRST DAY AS A CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE WAS AT SANDPOINT NAVAL AIR STATION IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON; DECEMBER 8, 1941. AFTER ONE YEAR, SHE MOVED TO THE WHIDBEY ISLAND STATION, WHERE SHE CONTINUED PERFORMING ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS. SHE JOINED THE WOMEN'S MARINE CORPS ON HER 20TH BIRTHDAY IN DECEMBER, 1943. TRAINED AT CAMP LEJEUNE, NORTH CAROLINA, AND WAS STATIONED IN CAMP MIRAMAR IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WAR. IN HER FIRST YEAR OF SERVICE, SHE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES WHO WORKED ON THE BASE. IN HER SECOND YEAR, SHE WORKED IN G2 INTELLIGENCE, WHERE SHE PROVIDED ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO COLONEL 'PAPPY' BOYINGTON'S BLACK SHEEP SQUADRON. SHE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON JANUARY 19, 1946, IN EL TORO, CALIFORNIA.