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Title
[Viola
Brown
Sanders
at a
Navy
Day
celebration
,
1962]
Date
1961-10
Subject headings
United States--History--1945-
United States. Navy--Women
Era
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
Viola
Brown
Sanders
speaks
with
two
navy
admirals
and a
civilian
at a
Navy
Day
celebration
in
Philadelphia
in
October
1962
. The
admiral
to
Sander's
left
was the
head
of the
U.S
.
Naval
Reserve
Command
.
Sanders
wears
the
service
dress
blue
uniform
with
captain's
stripes
and
officer's
service
cap
with
white
cover
.
Veteran's name
Sanders, Viola Brown
Veteran's biography
Viola
Brown
Sanders
(1921-2013)
of
Sidon
,
Mississippi
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
from
1943
to
1966
, the
last
four
years
as
Director
of
Women
in the
Navy
.
Viola
Brown
Sanders
,
daughter
of
John
S
. and
Viola
Brown
Sanders
, was
born
on
February
21
,
1921
in
Sidon
,
Mississippi
. She
graduated
from
Greenwood
High
School
and
went
on to
attend
Sunflower
Junior
College
(now
Mississippi
Delta
Community
College)
in
Moorhead
,
Mississippi
, for
two
years
. In
1941
, she
received
a
BS
in
education
from
Delta
State
Teachers
College
(now
Delta
State
University)
in
Cleveland
,
Mississippi
, and was
later
chosen
as the
college’s
first
outstanding
alumna
. She then
taught
grades
seven
to
twelve
in
Glen
Allan
,
Mississippi
.
Sanders
enlisted
in the
WAVES
in
March
of
1943
. She
attended
Officer
Candidate
School
at
Smith
College
in
Massachusetts
, and
completed
communications
training
at
nearby
Mount
Holyoke
College
. On
October
19
,
1943
, she was
assigned
as
communications
officer
at
Naval
Air
Station
in
New
Orleans
,
Louisiana
. She was
next
transferred
to
Naval
Station
Great
Lakes
,
where
she
worked
in
recruit
training
.
When
women’s
recruit
training
was
transferred
to
Naval
Training
Center
,
Bainbridge
,
Maryland
, in
late
1951
,
Sanders
was
assigned
to
set
up
the
facilities
for the
women’s
regiment
.
After
completing
the
move
, she
became
the
regimental
commander
in
Bainbridge
, a
position
she
held
for a
year
.
In
1953
,
Sanders
was
sent
abroad
to
Naval
Supply
Depot
,
Yokosuka
,
Japan
,
where
she
served
as a
naval
intelligence
officer
. She
returned
to the
U.S
. in
1955
as
administrative
officer
for
U.S
.
Antarctic
Programs
, and
aided
in the
office
of
Admiral
Richard
E
.
Byrd
in
Washington
,
D.C
. In
1958
, she was
asked
to be
deputy
director
for
Winifred
Quick
, the
Director
of
Women
in the
Navy
. She
later
worked
with the
Naval
Reserve
at
Norfolk
,
Virginia
, for a
year
. She was then
called
back
to
Washington
to
serve
as
Director
of
Women
in the
Navy
in
1962
.
Sanders
retired
from the
navy
on
August
31
,
1966.
"
After
her
retirement
Sanders
lived
in
Southern
Pines
,
North
Carolina
, for a
short
time
before
returning
to
Greenwood
,
Mississippi
,
where
she was
very
active
in
civic
and
veterans
affairs
.
Sanders
died
on
April
28
,
2013
Place
Philadelphia
(Pa.)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
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
WV0323 Viola Brown Sanders Papers
Rights statement
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.
Contact
the
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to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0323.6.008
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
900813845
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