Helen Rock, seaman, second class in the WAVES, is sending a seven-day leave with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ned C. Rock, 3136 E. Twenty-fourth st. She is stationed at the naval air station, Bunker Hill, Ind. Seaman Rock has been in the WAVES 15 months.
Source: The DesMoines Tribune, February 2, 1945
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)
