World War II Honoree

Mary Lynn Myers New

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Keystone, Tulsa County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1944. TRAINED AND SERVED DURING THE WAR IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AS A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN ACCEPTED FOR VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY SERVICE (WAVES), THE WOMEN’S RESERVE OF THE U.S. NAVY. STATIONED AT THE NAVAL TRAINING CENTER, WOMEN'S RESERVE (USS HUNTER) AT HUNTER COLLEGE, THE BRONX, NEW YORK; AT BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA; AND WITH THE NAVAL SCHOOL AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY AT ITHICA, NEW YORK. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RATING OF STOREKEEPER SECOND CLASS AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN.