Martha was 23 years old when she enlisted into the U.S. Navy
(WAVES.) She said that she was in an audience in Phoenix Arizona when a group
of “attractive” WAVES gave a recruitment speech. She says that she wanted to do
more for the war effort than sit behind a typewriter. She joined up soon after.
Martha was assigned as a communications and ships service
officer at the Naval Air Station at Norman, Oklahoma.
Her most memorable experience was being in New York City on
V-E Day. She had traveled to the city to pick up engagement rings for the ships
service inventory! Also, Oklahoma was a “dry” state at the time, so she used
that opportunity to bring back a bottle in a brown paper bag!
Martha was discharged from the Navy with the rank of Lieutenant
J.G.
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