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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

Profiles Spring-Summer 2014 HFDFW


 

On December 7, 1941 Mildred was riding in a friend’s convertible on a beautiful Sunday. She says that she remembers hearing about the attack on Pearl Harbor around 3P.M. that day.

Mildred joined the Navy (WAVES) on November 17, 1944.

After basic training Mildred was trained to operate the early IBM computer punch card machine. She was later promoted to operate the larger IBM computers.

She was stationed at the Anacostia Naval Receiving Station in Washington D.C.

Mildred remembers seeing President Roosevelt and Admiral Nimitz. She also watched President Roosevelt’s funeral procession in Washington D.C. in 1945.

Mildred was discharged on April 16, 1946.

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