[Rosetta McMahon, circa 1945]
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Title |
[Rosetta McMahon, circa 1945] |
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Date |
1945 |
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Date approximate? |
yes |
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Subject headings |
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women |
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Era |
World War II era (1940-1946) |
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Service branch |
Navy--WAVES |
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Item description |
Portrait of Rosetta McMahon in WAVES uniform, circa 1945. |
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Veteran's name |
McMahon, Rosetta Elliot |
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Veteran's biography |
Rosetta Elliot McMahon (b. 1920) of McMechen, West Virginia, served as a typist in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1942 to 1944 .
Rosetta Elliot McMahon was born in McMechen, West Virginia, in September of 1920. She graduated from Union High School in Benwood, West Virginia, in 1938. She then worked as a server in the tea room of a local college and later went to work at the Continental Can Company, which had begun defense manufacturing." McMahon enlisted in the U.S. Navy WAVES on October 2, 1942. She completed basic training at Indiana University and in February 1943 was assigned to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in Washington, D.C. While stationed there she worked as a typist. She married Chester McMahon, a serviceman she had met in West Virginia, in October 1943. She was discharged on 4 March 1944 due to pregnancy .
After leaving the service, McMahon returned to McMechen, West Virgina. When her husband reenlisted in the air force, she traveled with him to each of his assignments. During this time she worked as a typist at Amarillo Air Force Base, in a daycare at Niagara Falls, and at the MacDill Air Force Base visitor's center. She also volunteered with the Red Cross and served Girl Scout troop leader. After thirty years, her husband retired and the couple moved to Florida. When her husband passed away, McMahon moved to High Point, North Carolina, where she lives with her oldest son. She had three sons, a daughter, and six grandchildren. |
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Type |
image |
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Original format |
photographs |
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Image type |
Formal portrait |
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Original publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] |
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Contributing institution |
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries |
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Source collection |
WV0393 Rosetta McMahon Oral History |
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Rights statement |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ |
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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. |
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Object ID |
WV0393.6.001 |
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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/ |
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OCLC number |
900814793 |
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