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Photo #: 80-G-297449 Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ensign Frances Wills Photographed after graduation from the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School (WR) at Northampton, Massachusetts, in December 1944. They were members of the school's final class, and were the Navy's first African-American "WAVES" officers. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 83KB; 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