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Title	[Lillian M. Pimlott at Hale Luana, Hawaii, 1946.]
Date	1946-04-21
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Navy--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Navy--WAVES
Item description	Lillian M. Pimlott stands on the steps of a cabin at Hale Luana, Hawaii, on 21 April 1946. She wears the WAVES gray and white seersucker working uniform with a garrison cap.
Veteran's name	Pimlott, Lillian M. Newbanks
Veteran's biography	Lillian Mary Pimlott of Trenton, New Jersey, served in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II . Lillian Mary Pimlott, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Pimlott, Sr., was born in Trenton, N.J. She graduated from Immaculate Conception High School and attended New Jersey State Teachers' College and the University of Pennsylvania. She was a teacher before joining the WAVES in March 1943 . In the fall of 1943, Pimlott worked in a recruiting office in Chicago. One year later, in October 1944, she was transferred to Washington, D.C., where she served as an administrative assistant with a committee for the standardization of naval terminology. Pimlott received orders in April 1945 to go to Pearl Harbor, but she trained enlisted WAVES in Shoemaker, Calif., before sailing to Hawaii. Once in Hawaii, Pimlott worked in the District Personnel Office classifying men and women and aiding them in job placement. She remained in that position until August 1946 . In August 1946, Pimlott was sent to Lakehurst, N.J., where she was stationed at the U.S. Naval Air Station. She volunteered to stay with the U.S. Naval Reserve until July 1947, but remained at the base in Lakehurst at least through the end of that year. It appears that Pimlott either stayed in the service or left after 1947 and then returned in the early 1950s. A collection of recruiting pamphlets and handbooks from the 1960s and early 1970s indicates that she may have worked as a recruiter or as an instructor in naval schools. In 1964, when stationed at the naval base in Newport, R.I., Pimlott was appointed commander. Her date of retirement from the navy is unknown . In the mid-1950s, Lillian Pimlott married Al Newbanks.
Place	Hale Luana (Hawaii)
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Full uniform
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0219 Lillian M. Pimlott Papers, 1937-1968
Collection summary	Correspondence, military papers, photographs, and printed material primarily document Lillian Pimlott's 1943-1946 service in the WAVES and her continued military service in the naval reserves. Letters to family and friends describe Pimlott's 1937 travels to England, her World War II service in the WAVES, primarily at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and news of social engagements and activities. Topics of her letters include women in the military, the culture and nature in Hawaii, and Pimlott's desire to remain in the service. Other military materials include naval handbooks and souvenirs.
Series/grouping	3: Photographs, 1937, circa 1945-1946
Box	3
Folder	15: Photographs
Finding aid link	http://libapps.uncg.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=266
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	WV0219.6.001
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	900811996

[Lillian M. Pimlott at Hale Luana, Hawaii, 1946.]

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