Joins WAVES
Miss Joyce Marie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Smith, of 303 Forest road, Davenport, has been sworn into the WAVES and will leave Wednesday to receive her basic training at Hunter college, New York.
Miss Smith is a graduate of the Davenport high school and the A.I.C For the past year and a half, she has been employed at the Rock Island arsenal.
Source: The Daily Times, March 6, 1944 (photo included)
Joyce Marie Smith Finishes Her "Boot" Training in WAVES
Joyce Marie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Smith, 303 Forest road, has completed her "boot" training in the WAVES and is now located in the personnel department of the navy barracks in San Francisco, it was learned here today.
Before entering the WAVES, Miss Smith was employed in the field service at the Rock Island arsenal, prior to leaving for Hunter college last March 8.
Source: The Daily Times, April 26, 1944
