Fayette co. WAVES 1944

BANES, DIXON, GRIMES, JONES, MARTIN, QUINTMEYER

Posted By: Lyn Lysne
Date: 11/25/2013 at 21:29:20

FAYETTE COUNTY WAVES

Banes, Emma Gladys
Dixon, Betty Josephine
Grimes, Shirley
Jones, Caryl Elizabeth
Martin, Stella Irene
Quintmeyer, Iola Mae

~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, 12 Jul 1944

Note: WAVES is an acronym for "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service". Their official name was the U.S. Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), but the nickname as the WAVES stuck. ~from Wikipedia