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Pauline Whaley (WAVES, 1944-1946) accepted an enlisted position in the WAVES when she learned that the officer training program had been cancelled. She was involved with the Singing Platoon while at Hunter College for basic training. She did further training at Oklahoma A&M and was assigned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel in Washington D.C. Whaley worked in the mail clerk's division, enlisted discipline section, and as a personal assistant to eleven officers while at the Bureau. She explains the pay, rules and living conditions where she served. Whaley comments about the court martial paperwork that she viewed while working at the enlisted discipline section. When the program was shut down in August of 1945, Whaley was discharged. She remained in the Reserves until she was married in 1947. OHP Control Number 0905

Wakulla, Leon Counties 1910-1920s; oyster farming; cotton; Depression; WW II OHP Control Number 0067