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Title
[WAVES
aerial
gunnery
unit
,
1945]
Date
1945-09
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
Group
photo
of
WAVES
Aerial
Gunnery
Unit
3A2
poses
outside
of
barracks
at
Naval
Air
Station
Pensacola
,
Florida
, in
September
of
1945.
"
Pictured
(L
to
R)
are:
Back
row
:
June
Osbourne
,
Claire
Calloway
,
Shirley
Dickstew
,
Yvonne
Forbes
,
Helen
Dolan
,
Mary
Burmingham
,
Marion
Browne
,
Pat
Connolly
,
Alice
Robinson
,
Hazel
Brown
, and
Sally
Moore
.
Forth
row
:
Jindie
Bys[?]
,
Jo
Puckett
,
Helen
Studlieu
,
Rokie
Graves
,
Flossie
Bruss
, and
Hazel
Smith
.
Third
row
:
Jean
Wear
,
Jo
Jenouski(Sachs)
,
Betty
Brackett
Robinson
,
Peg
Pritchard
,
Jennie
Leied
,
Eva
Christensen
,
Martha
Fell
,
Betty
Rucker
,
Anne
O'Brien
, and
Betty
Cottrell
.
Second
row
:
Betty
Hayes
,
Helen
Shay
,
Winnie
Donellan[?]
,
Jani
Wherle
,
Adelaide
Silver
, and
Pat
McNutt
.
First
row
:
Tennesse[e]
(Phyllis
Roberts)
,
Jean
Thurck
,
Evelyn
Marsh
,
Mr
.
Perry
,
Anne
Holder
,
Jean
Bullett
, and
Jig
Shaft
. The
names
of
Martha
Turner
,
Connie
Alzonzi
,
Carol
Adams
,
Dorothy
Sipe
,
Ethel
Kimzie[?]
, and
Edna
Arut
are also
listed
.
Veteran's name
Andavall, Ann E. Holder
Veteran's biography
Ann
Andavall-Holder
(b
.
1921)
of
Ashland
,
Oregon
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
as an
aerial
gunnery
instructor
during
World
War
II
.
Ann
Andavall-Holder
was
born
in
New
York
City
in
1921
.
After
her
father’s
death
, she
spent
much
of
early
life
constantly
moving
around
the
United
States
and
England
with her
mother
. At the
age
of
sixteen
,
following
her
mother’s
death
, she
appointed
her
mother’s
doctor
as her
legal
guardian
.
Andavall-Holder
completed
her
secondary
education
in a
Catholic
boarding
school
.
At the
insistence
of her
guardian’s
wife
,
Andavall-Holder
enrolled
at the
Pratt
Institute
to
study
Home
Economics
.
After
two
years
of
instruction
she
dropped
out
to
work
for
Liberty
Aircraft
in
New
York
City
. The
Liberty
war
plant
, a
subsidiary
of the
Grumman
Aircraft
Engineering
Corporation
,
manufactured
ailerons
for the
F45-Wildcat
fighter
aircraft
.
After
working
at
Liberty
Aircraft
for
just
over
a
year
,
Andavall-Holder
enrolled
in the
WAVES
. She
received
her
basic
training
at
Hunter
College
,
New
York
. She was
stationed
at
Pensacola
Naval
Air
Station
,
Florida
.
While
stationed
at
Pensacola
she
served
as an
aerial
gunnery
instructor
responsible
for
training
male
instructors
for the
GUN-AIR
and
3A2
gunnery
programs
.
After
the
war
Andavall-Holder
returned
to
civilian
life
and
received
her
bachelor’s
degree
at
Syracuse
University
.
While
attending
college
she
met
and
married
her
husband
.
Place
Pensacola
(Fla.)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Posed military unit
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
WV0444 Ann Holder Andavall Papers
Rights statement
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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
.
Object ID
WV0444.6.002
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
900815326
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