As a teenager growing up on a farm near Healdsburg, California, Marge's headwas filled with thoughts of proms, pranks and other school activities when theU.S. abruptly entered World War II. It was a time of great curiosity in equalmeasure with fear and a longing for things to return to normal. Her generationwas forced to grow up fast, into a world that was never the same as it hadbeen. Marge tells of the war years at San Jose State College, virtually anall-girls school, and her decision to join the Navy WAVES while still incollege. She went off to boot camp at Hunter's College in New York Cityand served on active duty at North Island Naval Air Base in San Diego,where she updated aeronautical charts for pilots and witnessed theamazing evolution from piston to jet-powered fighter aircraft.The book, sprinkled with correspondence between two WAVES,both working with airplanes, contains many original fighterplane photos taken by Marge and fellow WAVE, Jean Broadbent.
As a teenager growing up on a farm near Healdsburg, California, Marge's headwas filled with thoughts of proms, pranks and other school activities when theU.S. abruptly entered World War II. It was a time of great curiosity in equalmeasure with fear and a longing for things to return to normal. Her generationwas forced to grow up fast, into a world that was never the same as it hadbeen. Marge tells of the war years at San Jose State College, virtually anall-girls school, and her decision to join the Navy WAVES while still incollege. She went off to boot camp at Hunter's College in New York Cityand served on active duty at North Island Naval Air Base in San Diego,where she updated aeronautical charts for pilots and witnessed theamazing evolution from piston to jet-powered fighter aircraft.The book, sprinkled with correspondence between two WAVES,both working with airplanes, contains many original fighterplane photos taken by Marge and fellow WAVE, Jean Broadbent.
Hail Columbia, the Flag, and Yankee Doodle Dandy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864.Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research...
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work...
Yankee Doodle Dandy is missing! Can you help Uncle Sam find him in time for the parade?Uncle Sam and his dog, Yankee Doodle Dandy, are scheduled to lead the annual Independence Day Parade. Just days...
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