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Title	Recruiting officers
Newspaper	Evening Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
Date Original	1943-02-16
Description	Image of two WAVES recruiting officers accompanies article.
Note	Caption reads: Ensign June Wylie (left), new WAVES officer assigned to recruiting duty in connection with the drive now under way in Iowa, discusses plans for enlistments with Second Lieut. Wilma L. McEnroe, who although she is in a WAVES uniform, is to take over enlistment of women in the marine corps auxiliary. Lieutenant McEnroe expects to get her marine's "forest green" uniform soon, but meantime she has been given permission by the navy to wear the WAVES officer's uniform. Both officers were indoctrinated through the WAVES school at Smith college, Northampton.
Topic	Women's military activity
Subject	United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female Women soldiers -- Iowa United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Geographic Subject	United States -- Iowa
Type	Text Clippings Still Image
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Digital Collection	World War II Iowa Press Clippings
Contributing Institution	State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City
Rights Management	This digital image may be used for educational purposes, as long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this file is permitted without written permission of the State Historical Society of Iowa.
Height (cm)	1 clipping : b&w ; 16 x 10 cm.
Digitization Specifications	Master image scanned with Ricoh Aficio 3228C as a JPEG at 600 ppi.
Date Digital	2006-10-12
File Name	1943-02-16-01.jpg
Theme	World War II
Language	eng
Full Text	Evening Tribune Des Moines, Iowa RECRUITING OFFICERS Ensign June Wylie (left), new WAVES officer assigned to recruiting duty in connection with the drive now under way in Iowa, discusses plans for enlistments with Second Lieut. Wilma L. McEnroe, who although she is in a WAVES uniform, is to take over enlistment of women in the marine corps auxiliary. Lieutenant McEnroe expects to get her marine's "forest green" uniform soon, but meantime she has been given permission by the navy to wear the WAVES officer's uniform. Both officers were indoctrinated through the WAVES school at Smith college, Northampton,

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