WAVES personnel serving as cheerleaders for the football team of Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, United States, 21 Oct 1943. L to R: Virginia Gervais, Dorothy Nicoll, Mary Kneller, and Nancy Lanford

Caption     WAVES personnel serving as cheerleaders for the football team of Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, United States, 21 Oct 1943. L to R: Virginia Gervais, Dorothy Nicoll, Mary Kneller, and Nancy Lanford ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-87242
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Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 16 Aug 2007

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1. Barbara Reynoso says:
28 Aug 2007 05:17:42 PM

Thats my mom on the right...Nancy Louise Lankford from Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. I was looking for pix to put in an album of Navy memories for her & found this!! What a great surprise!!
2. Rosemary Wonder says:
26 May 2013 10:14:54 AM

That is my Mom on the left. She just passed away on April 26 and we put this picture up for all to see. How funny to see it here. She so enjoyed her time in the service.

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