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Title
[Portrait
of
Virginia
Gardner
Becker
,
1943]
Date
1943
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
Formal
portrait
of
Virginia
Becker
in
WAVES
uniform
,
circa
August
1943
.
Veteran's name
Becker, Virginia Gardner
Veteran's biography
Virginia
Becker
(1919-2013)
of
Murfreesboro
,
North
Carolina
, a
longtime
bookkeeper
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
from
June
1943
until
October
1945
.
Virginia
Gardner
Becker
was
born
in
1919
and
grew
up
in
Murfreesboro
,
North
Carolina
. She
attended
Chowan
Junior
College
and
graduated
from the
Woman's
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
in
1940
. She
worked
at
Thomasville
Chair
Company
after
graduation.
" In
June
1943
Becker
joined
the
WAVES
as an
ensign
and
completed
basic
training
at
Smith
College
in
Northampton
,
Massachusetts
, in
July
1943
. She was
assigned
to
temporary
duty
in
Scotia
,
New
York
,
until
she
could
attend
Supply
and
Disbursing
School
at
Harvard
University
in
October
1943
. In
January
1944
, she
became
assistant
officer
in
charge
of the
Commissary
Store
at the
Naval
Air
Station
at
Quonset
Point
,
Rhode
Island
. On
20
April
20
1945
she
married
Bernie
Becker
, an
employee
of
Pratt
Reed
Company
, but she
continued
in the
WAVES
until
31
October
1945
. She was
discharged
as a
full
lieutenant
.
After
the
end
of
World
War
II
,
Becker
and her
husband
lived
in
Kentucky
,
Pennsylvania
, and
Maryland
before
settling
in
Martinsville
,
Virginia
, with their
three
children
.
Becker
spent
many
years
working
as a
bookkeeper
,
first
for a
tobacco
company
and
later
for a
church
. She
died
on
19
September
2013
in
Martinsville
,
Virginia
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
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
WV0053 Virginia Gardner Becker Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0053.6.003
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
900810471
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