Lt. Cmdr. Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, Director of the Women’s Reserve, shows the gift she received during the USS Franklin ship christening ceremony to a group of WAVES who were there.
The October 1943 photo comes from the National Archives.
A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
Lt. Cmdr. Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, Director of the Women’s Reserve, shows the gift she received during the USS Franklin ship christening ceremony to a group of WAVES who were there.
The October 1943 photo comes from the National Archives.