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Title
[Esther
Williams
at
WAVES
Training
Center
,
1949]
Date
1949
Subject headings
United States--History--1945-
United States. Navy--Women
Era
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
Actress
and
competitive
swimmer
Esther
Williams
walks
underneath
the
sign
at
Great
Lakes
WAVES
Training
Center
reading
"
Through
these
portals
pass
the
women
of the
greatest
navy
on
earth
"
while
on a
visit
to the
base
in
Illinois
in
1949
.
Two
men
in
suits
walk
out
behind
her.
Veteran's name
Bonds, Mary Kate
Veteran's biography
Mary
Kate
Bonds
(1920-2012)
of
Chickamauga
,
Georgia
,
served
in the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
and the
United
States
Navy
from
1942
to
1971
.
Mary
Kate
Bonds
was
born
on
21
September
1920
in
Chickamauga
,
Georgia
, and
graduated
from
Gordon
Lee
High
School
. In
1941
Bonds
graduated
from the
University
of
Tennessee
at
Chattanooga
with a
teaching
certificate
and then
taught
for a
year
at
Tyner
High
School
in
Tennessee.
" In
November
1942
,
Bonds
joined
the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
, and the
following
month
was
sent
to
Officers
Training
School
at
Mount
Holyoke
College
in
Massachusetts
.
Bonds
was
first
assigned
as an
instructor
at the
naval
recruit
training
center
opening
at
Hunter
College
in
New
York
. She
next
served
as a
welfare
and
recreation
officer
at the
Potomac
River
Naval
Command
in
Washington
D.C.
, and then was
assigned
to
avionics
mechanics
support
at
Naval
Air
Station
Quonset
Point
,
Rhode
Island
. In
1945
she was
sent
to the
separation
center
at
Naval
Air
Station
Corpus
Christi
,
Texas
,
where
she
assisted
in
aviation
selection
until
her
discharge
from
active
duty
in
April
1947.
"
Bonds
remained
in the
naval
reserves
, and
after
a
few
months
teaching
veterans
at
Gordon
Lee
High
School
went
to the
Sixth
Naval
District
headquarters
in
Charleston
,
South
Carolina
,
where
she
worked
with the
base’s
addressograph
system
until
women
were
allowed
to
join
the
regular
navy
in
1948
. She then
reported
for
active
duty
at
Naval
Station
Great
Lakes
,
Illinois
,
where
she
trained
female
recruits
.
After
meeting
actress
Esther
Williams
at the
base
in
1949
,
Bonds
was
asked
to
serve
as a
naval
consultant
in
Hollywood
during
the
making
of
training
films
. In the
mid-1950s
Bonds
worked
in the
Bureau
of
Naval
Personnel
(BUPERS)
in
Washington
,
D.C
.
In
1958
Bonds
attended
Stanford
University
on a
naval
billet
and
graduated
with a
masters’
of
arts
. From
1964
to
1966
she
served
as the
executive
officer
of the
logistics
command
at the
headquarters
of the
United
States
European
Command
in
Paris
,
France
.
Upon
her
return
to the
U.S
, she was
assigned
to the
chief
of
naval
operations
office
in the
Pentagon
. In
1967
Bonds
was
one
of
seven
women
promoted
to the
rank
of
captain
, and
served
in the
Office
of the
Secretary
of the
Navy
at the
Pentagon
.
In
1971
Bonds
retired
from the
navy
and
settled
in
Moore
County
,
North
Carolina
,
where
she
became
an
active
volunteer
. In
addition
to the
U.S
.
Navy
and
Joint
Service
Commendation
Medals
,
Bonds
is
a
recipient
of the
Order
of the
Long
Leaf
Pine
award
for
community
service
She
died
in
Southern
Pines
,
North
Carolina
on
25
December
,
2012
.
Place
Great
Lakes
(Ill.)
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
WV0415 Mary Kate Bonds Papers
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.
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.
Object ID
WV0415.6.005
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
900815016
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