Carolyn Newby Finger (1922-2003) of Newton, North Carolina, served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1944 to 1946.
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March 1999 oral history transcript; photograph of F.E. Warren A.F.B. Wyoming; photograph of Mr.and Mrs. William H. Haggard Lt(JG) and Lt in Navy Chapel JAX FL 1944; photograph of Midshipman Haggard Northhamton, Mass 1943; portrait photograph of Blanche in uniform; photograph of Midshipman Northampton MA, 1943; photograph of LT (JG) Virginia Farinholt 1943; Original book USS Tulagi (GVE-72) 1943-1946 a book on the Ship Tulagi inside of it with photographs of 1942 UNCG grads aboard United StatesS Tulagi for recreation LT (jg) Lou Ryan and Blance Woolard Haggard; Cartoon print OIC Print Shop "the big spare parts shipment for 1942 arrives at the Jax. N.A.S".; Song pages for "I want to go home" "Ginny; the ninny of the first platoon" "Don't make my girl a sailor;" Song page for "Waves of the Navy;" "Here comes the NAVY;" "Hup; two; three; four." Company Newsletter "Vicks Family News" Published by and for employees of the Vick Chemical Company Volume VI Number 1 July 1943 she is referred to as the first Vickite to join the WAVES; Textiles: Cap device; 10 patches; Plain gold pin ensign collar device; cap insigne or device on blue wool; small plastic box with Edward Legum Furniture CO label
Carolyn Newby Finger (1922-2003) of Newton, North Carolina, a long-time school teacher, served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1944 to 1946. Carolyn Newby Finger was born in Savannah, Georgia, but raised in Newton, North Carolina. After graduating from high school in 1937, she attended the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro). She graduated in 1941 and then taught school and worked in a bank in Kings Mountain. Finger joined the WAVES in 1944. She went to midshipmen's school at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, and graduated as an ensign in July 1944. After a month of temporary duty at Philadelphia Naval Air Station, she attended Supply School at Radcliffe College in Boston, Massachusetts, from October to December 1944. In January 1945, Finger was assigned to the disbursing office at a convalescent hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. When the hospital was decommissioned in March 1946, Finger left the military.She married Carl Finger in June 1946 had two children. She then returned to teaching high school for another twenty-eight years. Finger passed in 2003.
Women's History Military Schools and Colleges
Navy -- WAVES
World War II era (1940-1946)
World War, 1939-1945 United States. Navy--Women
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