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Rating |
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Title |
[Enlisted Training Service graduation, 1959] |
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Date |
1959-04-03 |
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Subject headings |
United States--History--1945-
United States. Army--Women
United States. Navy--Women |
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Era |
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963) |
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Service branch |
Army--Army Nurse Corps
Navy--Navy Nurse Corps |
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Item description |
Group photo of the U.S. Navy Enlisted Training Service graduating class and their instructors in Portsmouth, Virginia, on 3 April 1959. Pictured are: (first row) Reid, Gagne, Brockway, Mayes, Doyle, Maxine Easter, Witcofski, Waters, Pike, Holmes, Lovvorn, Mathes; (second row) Reid, Crafton, Blanton, Gemmill, Phelps, Gronski, Cash, Jepson, Rogers, Younger, Foley, Jordan, McMillen, Griffith; (third row) McCurdy, Bader, Sly, Spiddle, Gagnon, Dumlao, Potts, Hayes, Brouillette, French, Smith, Poppineau, Burton, Jr."(fourth row) Adkins, Sweeney, Davis, Weinstein, Gannon, Simons, Plichta, McCullough, Reimer, Keys, Rising, Des Jardins, Mersey, Woodie; (fifth row) Petree, Jr.; St Hilaire, Hyman, Kranhenbuhl, Jr.; Riel, Donnelly, Bruce, Wentzel, Marietta, Simpson, Routon, Jr.; Willhoite, Gist. |
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Veteran's name |
Easter, Maxine Virginia |
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Veteran's biography |
Maxine Virginia Easter served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1942 to 1955 and the Navy Nurse Corps from 1955 to 1970 .
Maxine Virginia Easter began her military career in the Army Nurse Corps in 1942. In 1945, she served with the 313th General Hospital in Manila, Philippines, where she cared for prisoners of war. From 1952 to 1954, she was stationed in Europe. Easter served with the army until 1955, when she transferred to the Navy Nurse Corps. She was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, and China Lake and Port Hueneme, California. Easter retired in 1970. |
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Place |
Portsmouth (Va.) |
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Type |
image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Image type |
Posed military unit |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0108 Maxine Virginia Easter Papers |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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Additional rights information |
IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse. |
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Object ID |
WV0108.6.016 |
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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/ |
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OCLC number |
900811508 |
