World War II Honoree

Evelyn Gilbert

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Port Angeles, Washington

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SHE AND HER MOTHER ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME AND BECAME THE ONLY MOTHER-DAUGHTER COMBINATION SERVING SIMULTANEOUSLY AS WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE (WAVES) IN 1943-1944 DURING THE WAR. SHE WAS STATIONED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AS A MEMBER OF THE WAVES, THE WOMEN’S RESERVE OF THE U.S. NAVY. RECEIVED HER INDOCTRINATION TRAINING AT HUNTER COLLEGE, THE BRONX, NEW YORK. REASSIGNED TO THE NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOLS AT OKLAHOMA AGRICULTURAL & MECHANICAL COLLEGE (OAMC) IN STILLWATER, OKLAHOMA FOR YEOMAN TRAINING IN EARLY, 1944. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.