Photo #: NH 95017
Mildred H. McAfee (right center)
Takes the oath of office to become a Lieutenant Commander in
the Naval Reserve and Director of the Navy's Women's Reserve,
at the Navy Department, 3 August 1942.
Administering the oath is Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Looking
on are Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Chief of Naval Operations
and Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet (left), and Rear Admiral Randall
Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personnel (right).
Courtesy of the Wellesley College Archives, 1983.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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