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Title
[Navy
Public
Information
Officers
,
1963]
Date
1963-08
Subject headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Navy--Women
Era
Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
A
group
of
U.S
.
Navy
public
information
officers
stationed
at
Long
Beach
,
California
,
is
pictured
in
August
1963
.
Pictured
(left
to
right)
are
Public
Information
Officer
(PIO)
Cress
,
Assistant
PIO
Shirley
Ann
Thacker
(Lewis)
,
Commanding
Officer
Cleveland
,
former
PIO
Fell
, and
Assistant
PIO
McMahill
.
Veteran's name
Lewis, Shirley Ann Thacker
Veteran's biography
Shirley
Ann
Thacker
Lewis
(b
.
1938)
of
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
from
1961
to
1965
,
followed
by a
career
as a
school
counselor
.
S
.
Ann
Thacker
Lewis
was
born
in
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
, on
15
October
1938
. She
graduated
from
high
school
at
Curry
School
in
1957
and then
attended
Women’s
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
(now
UNCG)
,
earning
a
degree
in
physical
education
.
Lewis
joined
a
WAVES
recruit
program
while
in
college
.
After
graduating
, she
completed
Officer
Candidate
School
at
Naval
Station
Newport
,
Rhode
Island
. She was
chosen
to be a
legal
officer
and
attended
Naval
Justice
School
in
Newport
,
Rhode
Island
, and was then
assigned
to
Long
Beach
,
California
. In
addition
to
defense
counsel
and
prosecutorial
duties
there, she also
worked
as a
separations
officer
,
public
information
officer
,
communications
watch
officer
, and in
registered
publications
. In
1963
,
Lewis
received
orders
to
Wahiawa
,
Hawaii
,
where
she
served
as a
legal
officer
and
trainer
. She
met
her
husband
,
Chuck
Lewis
, on a
beach
in
Hawaii
, and
resigned
her
commission
in
January
1965
due
to
pregnancy
.
Lewis
later
earned
a
masters’
degree
in
counseling
and
worked
for
thirty
years
as a
school
counselor
.
Place
Long
Beach
(Calif.)
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
WV0405 Shirley Ann Thacker Lewis 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
WV0405.6.010
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
900814868
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