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Caption | WAVES personnel serving as cheerleaders for the football team of Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, United States, 21 Oct 1943. L to R: Virginia Gervais, Dorothy Nicoll, Mary Kneller, and Nancy Lanford ww2dbase | ||||
Date | 21 Oct 1943 | ||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||
Identification Code | 80-G-87242 | ||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
Photo Size | 740 x 583 pixels |
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2. Rosemary Wonder says:
26 May 2013 10:14:54 AM
That is my Mom on the left. She just passed away on April 26 and we put this picture up for all to see. How funny to see it here. She so enjoyed her time in the service.
26 May 2013 10:14:54 AM
That is my Mom on the left. She just passed away on April 26 and we put this picture up for all to see. How funny to see it here. She so enjoyed her time in the service.
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28 Aug 2007 05:17:42 PM
Thats my mom on the right...Nancy Louise Lankford from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. I was looking for pix to put in an album of Navy memories for her & found this!! What a great surprise!!