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Title
[Portrait
of
Mary
Gibson
Rowan
,
circa
1945]
Date
1945
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Coast Guard
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Coast Guard--SPARS
Item description
Portrait
of
Mary
Gibson
Rowan
,
circa
1945
, in the
SPARs
blue
service
dress
uniform
and
matching
garrison
cap
.
Veteran's name
Gibson, Laura Avis
Veteran's biography
Laura
Avis
Gibson
(b
.
1923)
of
Randolph
County
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
Coast
Guard
SPARs
from
1944
to
1946
and was a
career
employee
of
Burlington
Industries
.
Laura
Avis
Gibson
was
born
in
Randolph
County
,
North
Carolina
, on
10
December
1923
,
one
of
nine
children
. She
worked
on the
family
farm
while
growing
up
and
graduated
from
Allen
Jay
High
School
in
High
Point
at the
age
of
sixteen
.
Gibson
worked
on the
family
farm
for a
year
, then
worked
at
Burlington
Industries
for
three
years
,
until
she was
old
enough
to
join
the
military
.
Gibson
and
one
of her
older
sisters
joined
the
Coast
Guard
in
Raleigh
in
December
1943
. The
following
month
they
reported
for
basic
training
together
in
Palm
Beach
,
Florida
. In
April
1944
, she was
sent
to
Coast
Guard
Headquarters
in
Washington
,
D.C.
, to
do
clerical
work
in the
Military
Morale
Division
.
Gibson
also
worked
briefly
in
Admiral
Russell
Waesche’s
office
in the
Department
of the
Navy
during
this
time
. She
remained
in
Washington
until
her
discharge
in
March
1946
.
Gibson
returned
to
North
Carolina
after
the
war
,
attended
Jones
Business
College
, and
resumed
her
career
at
Burlington
Industries
.
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
WV0327 Laura Avis Gibson 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
WV0327.6.006
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
900813483
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