Back of postcard of WAVE training facility in Bronx, N.Y.

ID: 1030 ~ Source: Judy Coker Benowitz ~ Creator: U.S. Navy and Ivah Ree Harris ~ Date: August 1943
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The handwritten note reads: Co. 12 Plat. 1, Sec. 1 Hunter college, Bronx, N.Y. Aug. 1943. "Boots"!!! Gillet in left background and Student Hall on right.

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By Judy Coker Benowitz
"I am not sure how Mother was recruited.  She may have seen a poster or heard an advertisement on the radio. The WAVES primarily used newspapers, radio, and personal contact to recruit. Mother wanted to be a flight attendant, but…