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Title
[Gladys
Dimmick
in
uniform
,
1943]
Date
1943-12
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Navy--WAVES
Item description
Gladys
Dimmick
poses
outside
her
home
in
Cedar
Grove
,
NC
,
wearing
her
dress
blue
uniform
and
garrison
cap
,
shortly
after
enlisting
in the
WAVES
in
December
1943
.
Veteran's name
Dimmick, Gladys Lunsford
Veteran's biography
Gladys
Lunsford
Dimmick
(1923-2011)
of
Cedar
Grove
,
North
Carolina
,
worked
in
air
traffic
control
with the
U.S
.
Navy
WAVES
(Women
Accepted
for
Volunteer
Emergency
Service)
from
December
1943
until
February
1947
. She was also a
longtime
employee
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
School
of
Law
.
Gladys
Lunsford
Dimmick
was
born
in
Cedar
Grove
,
North
Carolina
, on
8
November
1923
.
After
graduating
in
1939
from
Bragtown
High
School
in
Durham
,
North
Carolina
, she
spent
several
years
working
at a
nearby
Liggett-Myers
Tobacco
Company
factory.
" In
December
1943
,
Dimmick
joined
the
WAVES
and
attended
boot
camp
at
Hunter
College
in
New
York
. In
February
1944
, she was
assigned
to
air
traffic
control
at the
Naval
Air
Station
in
Norfolk
,
Virginia
. She
married
Jim
Dimmick
in
December
1946
and
left
the
WAVES
in
February
1947
.
The
Dimmicks
moved
to
St
.
Petersburg
,
Florida
,
where
they
both
attended
the
University
of
Florida
under
the
GI
Bill
. In
1954
, they
settled
in
Chapel
Hill
,
North
Carolina
, with their
daughter
Teresa
. There,
Dimmick
worked
as a
secretary
for
several
deans
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill
Law
School
and
later
as
director
of
placement
and
alumni
affairs
. She
later
worked
as an
assistant
to
Judge
J
.
Dickson
Phillips
of the
United
States
4th
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
.
Dimmick
passed
away
in
Chapel
Hill
,
North
Carolina
on
5
May
,
2011
.
Place
Cedar
Grove
(N.C.)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Full uniform
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
WV0055 Gladys L. Dimmick 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
WV0055.6.001
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
900810667
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