WAVE Barbara L. Osmond, daughter of H.G. Osmond, 2716 Meek ave., was graduated Wednesday from the parachute riggers school at Lakehurst, N.J., and was promoted to a parachute rigger, third class.
Source: The DesMoines Tribune, May 25, 1944
WAVES AT AIB
Pictured here are thirteen ex-WAVES who are preparing for careers in the business world or civil service. They are attending A.I.B., Iowa's largest and most distinguished business training school. Left to right, front row: Geraldyne Burke Turner, Des Moines; Thelma Accord, Riverton; Alma Tappan, Chelsea; Marie Rosburg, Maxwell. Middle Row: Delores De Wees, Harlan; Roberta Callison, Newton; Barbara L. Osmond, Creston; Lillian Prusha, Chelsea; Loretta Brayton, West Des Moines. Back Row, Mary Elizabeth Austin, Clarion; Helen Rock, Des Moines; Martha Davis, Oskaloosa; Lucy Crabtree, Des Moines.
Source: The Des Moines Register, September 8, 1946 (photograph included)
