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A WAVE 40 YEARS LATER: A copy ofThe Saturday Evening
Post in 1958 featured the uniform Navy WAVES wore during
World War II on its cover. Marie Bennett Alsmeyer, pictured right,
who served as a WAVE, poses in her uniform. Mrs. Alsmeyer
wrote a book describing her experiences in the Navy branch. I
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MAGIC EVES FOR MEDICINE
By v. K. Zworykln
Marie Bennett said her farewell.
There was not always a place for women
during wars. The extreme patriotism and a
sense by everyone to do their part, along
with her mother's encouragement, beck-
oned a young Marie to the unknown world
outside her tiny town.
More than 55 years later, Marie Ben-
nett Alsmeyer, Tyler, has made her memo-
ries permanent in her book, "The Way of
The Waves," thanks to the letters her
mother kept over a three-year period.
"I wrote it because people are so differ-
ent now," she said. "Women are more
aggressive now."
It was shortly after the "Great Depres-
sion" when she arrived in Bronx, N.Y., she
felt like "a small speck" in a sea of about
5,000 Navy WAVES at Hunter Boot Camp.
"Imagine leaving a small town right
after the depression and going to a big city,"
she said. "I was always amazed at new cars
and the women."
Mrs. Alsmeyer said life was very excit-
ing as a WAVE.
"In San Francisco everybody would let
you into the movies and everybody was
very nice to military people," she said.
In one situation desclibed in her book,
she and a mend wanted to check out a club
WAVES Page 3, See, 3
o VeteransDay Events Planned
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By JAYMIE POESCHL
Staff Writer
On a cool crisp night in 1943 a 5-0,
bright-eyed, small-town girl said good-bye
to her family and her South Texas town.
Only the lonely sound of the old South-
ern Pacific train's whistle could be heard
over the tears of family and mends as
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ADV.NTUAaa 0" THe MINDI
CALL ON
LUCY and DESI
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