Elizabeth (B.J.) Hughes Gersey was the first woman from Duluth to enlist in the newly formed WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in 1942. She was in the first class of Navy women trained as radiomen. B.J. served as a control tower operator at the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville, Florida for four months, and then as a radioman until her honorable discharge from the Navy in July 1945.
Publisher: Elizabeth Gersey, used with permission.
Dates: 1942–1945
