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Title
[WAVES
view
the
USS
Constitution
,
circa
1945]
Date
1945
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
WAVES
,
including
Elizabeth
Ryan
(2nd
from
left)
and
Mildred
Fitgerald
(far
right)
view
the
USS
Constitution
"
Old
Ironsides
"
berthed
in the
Boston
Navy
Yard
.
Veteran's name
Wiviott, Elizabeth Ryan
Veteran's biography
Elizabeth
Ryan
Wiviott
(1921-2003)
served
in the
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
from
1943
to
1951
.
Elizabeth
Iddings
Ryan
Wiviott
was
born
on
31
December
1921
. She
attended
the
Woman's
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
and
graduated
in
1942
.
Wiviott
enlisted
in the
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
in
1943
. She
completed
basic
training
in
Northampton
,
Massachusetts
, and the
served
in the
Norfolk
Navy
Yard
in
Norfolk
,
Virginia
; the
Boston
Navy
Yard
in
Massachusetts
; and the
Boston
Naval
Base
. She was
released
from
active
duty
on
22
June
1947
and
continued
on
inactive
status
for
several
years
. She was
discharged
on
July
1951
.
Elizabeth
Wiviott
met
Max
D
.
Wiviott
while
on
duty
in
Boston
. They were
married
on
8
February
1947
.
Elizabeth
Wiviott
died
on
21
June
2003
.
Place
Boston
(Mass.)
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
WV0008 Elizabeth Ryan Wiviott Papers
Collection summary
Collection
includes
correspondence
,
1943
WAVES
songbook
,
photographs
,
invitations
,
programs
, a
23
February
,
1944
copy
of
Speed
Victory
,
Norfolk
Yard
newspaper
, a
copy
of the
25
February
,
1944
Norfolk
Virginian
Pilot
newspaper
, a
WWII
era
Navy
WAVES
dress
uniform
and
Havelock
, and a
UNC
Woman's
College
1942
white
leather
class
jacket
.
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
.
Object ID
WV0008.6.002
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
900810650
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