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- catalog abstract "In 1944 the U.S. Navy, fighting on two fronts and needing all the hands it could get, said "Welcome Aboard" to Josette Dermody and sent her to boot camp at Hunter College. Full of naivete and patriotic military brio, the Waves brought their own outlook to the man's world of the Navy. Dermody and her roommates learned to shoot antiaircraft guns at Great Lakes and spent the rest of the war teaching sailors of the Armed Guard Center on Treasure Island, California, to use. The ring gunsights on antiquated Oerlikons. She digested the Navy "Rocks and Shoals" and kept out of trouble (mostly). She watched German prisoners-of-war learn English from the sailors ("hubba, hubba, what a tomato, whatcha doin' tonight, sweetheart?"). She taught Russian sailors en route to Murmansk how to lead with American ringsights. She watched the United Nations Conference prepare for the peace. She celebrated V-J Day on Market Street, protected from the rioting. By her handsome, rakehell boatswain's mate. Best of all, she and her shipmates marched in the victory parades with all the others who had fought the good fight and helped win the war.".
- catalog contributor b6579427.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "By her handsome, rakehell boatswain's mate. Best of all, she and her shipmates marched in the victory parades with all the others who had fought the good fight and helped win the war.".
- catalog description "In 1944 the U.S. Navy, fighting on two fronts and needing all the hands it could get, said "Welcome Aboard" to Josette Dermody and sent her to boot camp at Hunter College. Full of naivete and patriotic military brio, the Waves brought their own outlook to the man's world of the Navy. Dermody and her roommates learned to shoot antiaircraft guns at Great Lakes and spent the rest of the war teaching sailors of the Armed Guard Center on Treasure Island, California, to use.".
- catalog description "The ring gunsights on antiquated Oerlikons. She digested the Navy "Rocks and Shoals" and kept out of trouble (mostly). She watched German prisoners-of-war learn English from the sailors ("hubba, hubba, what a tomato, whatcha doin' tonight, sweetheart?"). She taught Russian sailors en route to Murmansk how to lead with American ringsights. She watched the United Nations Conference prepare for the peace. She celebrated V-J Day on Market Street, protected from the rioting.".
- catalog extent "viii, 234 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Mother was a gunner's mate.".
- catalog identifier "1557509247".
- catalog isFormatOf "Mother was a gunner's mate.".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Mother was a gunner's mate.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "940.54/5973/092 20".
- catalog subject "D769.597 .W568 1994".
- catalog subject "United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve History.".
- catalog subject "United States. Navy Biography.".
- catalog subject "Wingo, Josette Dermody, 1924-".
- catalog subject "Women sailors Biography.".
- catalog subject "Women sailors United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations, American.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives, American.".
- catalog title "Mother was a gunner's mate : World War II in the Waves / Josette Dermody Wingo.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "Personal narratives American. fast".
- catalog type "text".