World War II Honoree
Civilian on the Home Front
Mary J Gattuso Morganson Smith
Hometown
Newport, R. I., Rhode Island
Honored By
Jean Helger Bento
Relationship
Daughter
She built the Torpedo Gyroscopes at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, RI. She was the first women on the assembly line at the Naval Torpedo Station, and was so fast and accurate that she made the Gyroscopes 3 times faster than the men on the same line.