JOINS WAVES -- Miss Mildred Kennedy of West Liberty has enlisted in the WAVES and has been ordered to report to Hunter college, N.Y., on April 19 to undergo training
Source: Des Moines Tribune, October 12, 1943 (photo included)
Mildred Kennedy Returns to Norfolk Following Furlough
West Liberty -- Mildred Kennedy, of the WAVES has returned to Norfolk, Va., after passing a 10-day leave at her home here. She enlisted in March 1943, and received her first training at Hunter college, N.Y., and is now a specialist photographer and is stationed at Norfolk, Va.
Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen, November 3, 1943
Mildred Arlene Kennedy Fitzgerald was born Sept. 26, 1920 to Joseph E. and Bertha May Barnhart Kennedy. She died Oct. 31, 1978 and is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty, IA.
Mildred served with the U.S. Navy WAVES at the Photo Lab, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, VA. She was married to John Raymond Fitzgerald. John served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Source: ancestry.com
