Winneshiek co. WAVES 1944

BERG, GILBERTSON, GIPP, GOETSCH, KLOBERDANZ, MCMASTERS, SHINDELAR

Posted By: Lyn Lysne
Date: 11/25/2013 at 21:19:59

WINNESHIEK COUNTY 'WAVES'
Berg, Lucille
Gilbertson, Thelma Arlene
Gipp, Hazel Amanda
Goetsch, Lillian
Kloberdanz, Francis
McMasters, Donna
Shindelar, Josephine Agnes

~from the 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