When Navy Radioman 2c B.J. Hughes first met her new boss, Traffic Chief Radioman 1c Jon J. Gersey, she wasn't too impressed, but in a short time she grew to like - then love - him. The two were married at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida on February 24, 1945.
Publisher: Elizabeth (B.J.) Hughes Gersey, used with permission
Date: 1945