Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Elizabeth (B.J.) Hughes and Jon J. Gersey, 1945

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

Elizabeth (B.J.) Hughes and Jon J. Gersey, 1945