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Title
[Virginia
Gilbert
Mattson
,
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
Formal
headshot
of
Virgina
G
.
Mattson
in
WAVES
seersucker
uniform
,
taken
while
she was
stationed
at the
Naval
Supply
Depot
in
Mechanicsburg
,
PA
, from
1945
to
1946
.
Veteran's name
Mattson, Virginia Gilbert
Veteran's biography
Virginia
“Ginny”
Gilbert
Mattson
(1922-2003)
of
Williamsport
,
Pennsylvania
,
served
with the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
from
1944
to
1946
.
Virginia
“Ginny”
Gilbert
Mattson
of
Williamsport
,
Pennsylvania
, was
born
on
27
January
1922
in
Harrisburg
,
Pennsylvania
. She
graduated
from
Williamsport
High
School
in
1938
and then
attended
Dickinson
Junior
College
and
Susie
Wheaton’s
Business
School
, also in
Williamsport
.
Mattson
then
worked
in a
women’s
apparel
store
.
Mattson
joined
the
WAVES
in
June
1944
. She
attended
basic
training
at
Hunter
College
in the
Bronx
,
New
York
, and then
completed
three
months
of
yeoman
training
at
Cedar
Falls
,
Iowa
. She
served
in the
personnel
office
at the
Naval
Supply
Depot
in
Mechanicsburg
,
Pennsylvania
,
until
her
discharge
in
August
1946
.
Ginny
Mattson
married
Arnold
M
.
Mattson
on
11
June
1947
, and they
adopted
their
daughter
,
Katharine
Mattson
, in
1956
. They
lived
in
New
York
and
Greensboro
,
North
Carolina
.
Ginny
Mattson
died
19
December
2003
.
Place
Mechanicsburg
(Pa.)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
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
WV0014 Virginia Gilbert Mattson Papers
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
WV0014.6.001
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
900810693
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