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NH 97526 Aerographer's Mate 1st Class Dorothea Shepherd, USNR(W)

Photo #: NH 97526 Aerographer's Mate 1st Class Dorothea Shepherd, USNR(W)
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Title: Aerographer's Mate 1st Class Dorothea Shepherd, USNR(W)
Description: ...pictured just prior to receiving her honorable discharge at Pearl Harbor, Sept. 20, 1945. To Miss Shepherd went the distinction of becoming the first WAVE to be discharged overseas under the Navy's point system. Rather than return to the States, she plans to remain in Hawaii to teach kindergarten at Waianae. Quoted from the original caption released with this photograph on 27 September 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97526
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