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[Diary of Henrietta Pearl Terry, 1944]

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Title	[Diary of Henrietta Pearl Terry, 1944]
Date	1944
Item creator's name	Terry, Henrietta Pearl
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Navy--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Navy--WAVES
Item description	Henrietta Pearl Terry served as a naval aerologist during the Second World War as a member of the WAVES [Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service]. She was stationed at Naval Air Station Norfolk outside of Norfolk, Virginia. Her diary spans a period from May 8th to September 18th 1944, and deals primarily with her flight training and personal life. Major events detailed by the diary include: a flight in a Curtiss SB2C3 Helldiver; Terry's various piloting experiences; an account of the celebration of the first Anniversary of the WAVES at Naval Air Station Norfolk; and the diarist's experience weathering the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944.
Veteran's name	Terry, Henrietta Pearl
Veteran's biography	Henrietta Pearl Terry (b. 1904) served in the U.S. Navy WAVES from 1942 to 1945 . Henrietta Pearl Terry, a professor of mathematics, joined the WAVES in 1942. Lieutenant Terry was trained as an aerologist and stationed at the US Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Virginia. As an aerologist she accompanied many flight crews, but according to her diary and flight log she learned to fly and often piloted these planes herself.
Type	text
Original format	diaries
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0197 Henrietta Pearl Terry Papers
Collection summary	Photographs; service diary; military papers, flight log; U.S. Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia Pictorial Review, ca. 1943-1945; WAVES of the Navy: A Story of the Women's Reserve Activities at the Naval Air Station by Eunice A. Horne; Certificate of Satisfactory Service ID Card, 1946; Officer's Cap Device; Lieutenant's Collar Bars; Honorable Service "Ruptured Duck" Pin. Related Collection: The Henrietta Pearl Terry Collection (MSS 173); in the Manuscripts Collection providesArtifacts, biographical information, correspondence, photographs, a scrapbook, diaries, and memorabilia relating to Terry's life before and after her military service.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0197.3.001
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900810437

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Full-text transcript	WOMEN VETERANS HISTORICAL PROJECT DIARY TRANSCRIPT CREATOR: Henrietta Pearl Terry DATE: May 8, 1944 – September 18, 1944 May 8, Monday 1944 Went to the low pressure chamber & made a hop to 35,000 feet. Was the only one at 18,000 out of the oxygen mask to e

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