Title	[Navy personnel aboard a ship, circa 1944]
Date	1944
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States. Navy--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Navy--WAVES
Item description	Anna Jean Coomes Woods (right) and three other members of the Navy aboard a ship, circa 1944.
Veteran's name	Woods, Anna Jean Coomes
Veteran's biography	Anna Jean Coomes Woods, a longtime teacher, served in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from November 1943 until July 1946 . Anna Jean Coomes Woods grew up in western North Carolina and graduated from high school in the early 1940s. She attended business school in Charlotte, North Carolina, then worked at a radio station and as a stockbroker." In November 1943, Woods enlisted in the WAVES. She attended basic training at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York. For two weeks, she was assigned to Shore Patrol at Hunter College. Her first duty station was classified communications work in Washington, D.C. In July 1946, Woods transferred to the Patuxent Naval Air Test Center in Maryland, where she worked in personnel. She was discharged in 1947 as a petty officer second class . Woods attended High Point University in High Point, North Carolina, under the GI Bill from 1947 to 1949. She then taught in elementary, junior high, and high schools for thirty-three years. In 1990, she established a scholarship at High Point University. Woods was also very involved in the local WAVES National unit and in supporting the Women in Military Service to America Memorial (WIMSA).
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	WV0019 Anna Jean Coomes Woods Papers
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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	WV0019.6.001
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	900810391

[Navy personnel aboard a ship, circa 1944]

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