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Title	[Agnes 'Scottie' Hudson accepting orders to lieutenant, 1970]
Date	1970
Item creator's name	Navy Department, Bureau of Naval Personnel
Subject headings	United States--History--1945- United States. Navy--Women
Era	Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch	Navy--WAVES Navy
Item description	Photograph of Scottie Hudson accepting her promotion to lieutenant at Naval Training Center San Diego, California in 1970. Hudson is dressed in navy light blue summer service uniform. Three naval officers are standing behind her.
Veteran's name	Hudson, Agnes Scottie
Veteran's biography	A. Scottie Hudson of Alamance County, North Carolina, served as an officer in the United States Navy and Naval Reserve from 1966 to 1993. Scottie Hudson was born and raised in Alamance County, North Carolina. Hudson attended the Woman’s College of North Carolina and graduated in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. In 1966, Hudson was commissioned into the United States Navy and attended Officer Candidate School at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. Hudson was first stationed as a communications officer at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. While at Norfolk, Hudson also served as a registered publications custodian. In 1969, Hudson was transferred to the administrative command of Naval Station San Diego, California, where she served as a student personnel officer. Hudson then transferred to reserve status and re-enrolled at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, from which she earned a master’s degree in physical education in 1973. In 1981 she received a PhD in measurement in physical education from the University of Iowa. Hudson stayed in the naval reserve for twenty years. She was attached to reserve centers in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois, before transferring to pacific fleet command in Oahu, Hawaii. Hudson held several civilian collegiate teaching and coaching positions while on reserve status." In 1987, Hudson returned to temporary active duty to serve in a number of month-long posts in New Orleans and Washington, D.C. Hudson retired from the navy as a commander in 1993. Hudson taught for a number of years at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina, after discharge.
Place	San Diego (Calif.)
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	WV0339 Agnes 'Scottie' Hudson Papers
Collection summary	The collection also includes textiles and artifacts: Black U.S. Navy Jacket with gold embroidering, black Navy Pants, Beige Navy Pants, Black Blouse, Black Skirt, Beige Blouse and Beige Skirt, White Blouse and White Skirt, Black Overcoat, Black Raincoat, Beige Windbreaker, Black Windbreaker, Black Sweater, Black Tie, Black Navy Pants, Black Navy Skirt, Blouse and Coat, Black blouse, Black Button Up Sweater, black beret, shoulder boards, white belt, belt buckles, ribbons, and name badge.
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse. Official U.S. Navy Photograph. "Not for publication unless officially released".
Object ID	wv0339.6.008
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	900814000

[Agnes 'Scottie' Hudson accepting orders to lieutenant, 1970]

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