Wendy P. Gellert Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
What's in the full collection?: This collection contains a June 2010 oral history transcript; military papers; copies of photographs of both Gellert and also those taken by her in her role as a United States Navy photographer. The collection also includes copies of Rudder; the Orlando; Florida Naval Training Center Yearbook from 1974, 1978, and 1979.
Full biography: Wendy Payor Gellert (b. 1947) of New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a chief photographer's mate and a recruit intstructor in the United States Navy WAVES and the Navy from 1966-1992.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Navy
Conflict: Gulf War (1990-2000)
Subject headings: United States--History--1945-
United States. Navy--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Apollo 16 landing craft recovered from sea; The command/service module of the Apollo 16 is being recovered by members of the United States Navy stationed aboard the United States Ship Hornet. " Text written on photograph:"Appollo[sic] 12 Recovery Photo's-Photos By PHC [?] Lawson/Prints PHI [?] Gellert."

: Remnants of the Apollo 16 splashdown; Pictured here is debris left over from the recovery of the command/service module of Apollo 16.

: The command/service module of the Apollo16 floats in the ocean; Pictured here is the command/service module of the Apollo 16 after its splashdown back into the earth's atmosphere.

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