Lieutenant (junior grade) Harriet Ida Pickens, left, and Ensign Frances Wills

Title

Lieutenant (junior grade) Harriet Ida Pickens, left, and Ensign Frances Wills

Description

Lieutenant (junior grade) Harriet Ida Pickens, left, and Ensign Frances Wills, the first African-American WAVE officers to be commissioned. They were members of the final graduating class at the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School (WR), Northampton, Massachusetts, December 1944.

Source

National Archives (80-G-297449)

Publisher

National Archives and Records Administration

Date

1944, December

Date Created

2009, March 11

Original Format

Photo

Files

WWIIWAVES_AfAm_PickensWillsSteps.tif

Citation

“Lieutenant (junior grade) Harriet Ida Pickens, left, and Ensign Frances Wills,” The Military Women's Memorial - Exhibits , accessed May 5, 2024, https://mwm.omeka.net/items/show/54.