This page features views relating to Chief Yeoman (F) Daisy
May Pratt Erd, who served in the Navy during the World War I era.
Photo #: NH 94771
Chief Yeoman (F) Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF
Photographed in 1918.
Her Navy jumper uniform was non-regulation, but was locally approved
for Yeoman (F) wear pending the adoption of the official uniform.
Courtesy of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94772
Chief Yeoman (F) Daisy May Pratt Erd, USNRF
Photographed by Bachrach, 1918, wearing the Yeoman (F) Summer
Uniform.
Courtesy of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94773-KN (Color)
"Rear Admiral Wood One-Step"
Cover for sheet music composed by Chief Yeoman Daisy May Pratt
Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It honors Rear Admiral Spencer
S. Wood, Commandant of the First Naval District, and features
his portrait.
Chief Erd, who served at First Naval District Headquarters, in
Boston, Massachusetts, contributed the royalties from this composition
to the wartime Navy Relief effort.
Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94774-KN (Color)
"Uncle Sam's Ships"
Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy
May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names
of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats.
Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 94775-KN (Color)
"We'll Carry the Star Spangled Banner Thru The Trenches"
Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy
May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It was published by
the First Naval District's Welfare Aide, Boston Navy Yard, Massachusetts.
Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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