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80-G-19517 Mildred H. McAfee (left) and Margaret O. Disert (right)

Photo #: 80-G-19517 Mildred H. McAfee (left) and Margaret O. Disert (right)
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Description: With Fourth Naval District Commandant Rear Admiral Adolphus E. Watson, USN, at his office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in early August 1942. Miss McAfee was commissioned as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander, the Navy's first female officer, on 3 August 1942. Miss Disert was commissioned a few days later. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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