At 20
It's a great day for the Irish, especially significant for this colleen, Rosella Redrick, 716 E. Douglas ave., who on Friday -- her twentieth birthday -- raised a had in allegiance to her country and became a member of the WAVES. Miss Redrick's grandfather came form Ireland, so she has a right to wear that shamrock on her collar.
Source: The DesMoines Tribune, March 17, 1944 (photo included)
