Woodbury County

 
Marilyn Olive Delaney

 

 

MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE

Marilyn Delaney, seaman First class, has reported at the naval air station at Olatha, Kan., after spending a leave here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Delaney, 1422 W Fifth street. Seaman Delaney recently completed instruction at a control operators school at the naval air station, Atlanta, Ga.

Source: The Sioux City Journal, October 1, 1943

Iowa WAVES

Throughout the continental United States some 1,600 girls are helping with the war by serving their country as WAVES. The tasks at which the Iowans are working are typical of the varied and interesting jobs the WAVES are doing to replace men for the fighting front. The national recruiting quota is 1,200 a week and by the end of 1944 the navy hopes to have 94,000 WAVES.

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Marilyn Olive Delaney, Sioux City, directs aircraft with this signal flasher from the tower of the naval air station, Olathe, Kan. A green light means take off or come in, a red light means wait; red-green blinking means caution.

Source: Des Moines Register, February 20, 1944 (photo included)