Creation Date

circa 1944

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Description

Color photograph of two women in uniform, ca. 1944. Back matter: (l) Beth (Leet) Hawkes, 1st Lieutenant. (r) Ruby (Leet) Maliszewski, Cadet Nurse. Greenville, Maine. Elizabeth (Leet) Hawkes was born in Greenville Junction, July 8, 1919, and died October 21, 2001. She served as a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Nurses Corps for three and a half years, serving in the Italian and African Theaters of World War II. Ruby Geneva (Leet) Maliszewski was born in Greenville, Maine, October 16, 1923, and died October 6, 2008.

Topic

Women in the Military

Collection

MF500

Series Number

General Collection

Identifier

p14491

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Existence and Location of Originals

Located at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress: AFC 2012/047 https://lccn.loc.gov/2013655211.

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Keywords

World War II, Women in the Military, Female soldiers

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