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Photo #: 80-G-297441 Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ensign Frances Wills Close a suitcase after graduating from the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School (WR) at Northampton, Massachusetts, circa December 1944. They were the Navy's first African-American "WAVES" officers and graduated with the Northampton school's final class. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 69KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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29 November 1998