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Description 330-PS-6215 (USN 709038): Evenings and spare time isn’t always spent in recreation. In their cabin on board USNS George M. Goethals (T-AP-182) , both WAVES have personal things to care for. While Hospital Corpsman Third Class Maria A. Myers ponders over what to say in that special letter, Hospital Corpsman Second Class Eileen Paluzzi irons her smock. Photograph released October 26, 1953. Master Caption: Navy Accepts Women Volunteers for Duty on the High Seas. For the first time in history, the U.S. Navy has accepted volunteers for duty on the high seas from women in the enlisted WAVES. Those eligible were WAVES of the Hospital Corps to fill sixty-three billets on ships of the Military Sea Transportation Service. (4/21/2015).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/17233437651 (archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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