World War II Honoree

Mary Greenleaf White Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

An Indebted American

ENLISTED IN 1943. ATTENDED MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL AT SMITH COLLEGE IN NORTHAMPTON, MASSACHUSETTS DURING SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER. IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER ATTENDED U.S. NAVY COMMUNICATIONS SCHOOL AT MT. HOLYOKE IN SOUTH HADLEY, MASSACHUSETTS. IN JANUARY OF 1944, WAS COMMISSIONED AS AN ENSIGN (W-VS). WAS ATTACHED TO THE NAVAL AIR TRANSPORT SERVICE STATIONED AT NAVAL AIR STATION, PATUXENT RIVER, MARYLAND. WAS ONE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS WATCH OFFICERS AND WORKED ODD SHIFTS IN ONE OF THE HANGARS. DURING THE SUMMER OF 1946, WAS DEMOBILIZED AS A LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE.