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Edith Bond explains her motivation for majoring in sociology or social work at the University of Georgia.
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Edith Bond recalls early celebrations in Washington, D.C., in the days leading up to VE or Victory in Europe Day.
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Edith Bond explains how her unhappiness in her posting in Washington, D.C., ultimately led her to request a transfer.
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Edith Bond explains her reasons for joining the Navy during World War II.
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Edith Bond describes her work as a tabulating machine operator at St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company or "St. Johns Shipyard" in Jacksonville, Florida, during World War II.
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Edith Bond describes her experiences in the first years after the war, when she used the G.I. Bill to further her education and start a career in social work.
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Edith Bond describes her first few days at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola, Florida, which she describes as a "different world altogether" from Washington, D.C.
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Edith Bond describes how the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor impacted student life at the University of Georgia.
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Edith Bond recalls her work as aide to Captain James McKay, commanding officer at Naval Air Station Pensacola.
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Edith Bond describes the difficulty of working the midnight shift at St. Johns River Shipbuilding Company during blackouts.
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Edith Bond remembers Franklin Roosevelt's fourth presidential election in 1944 and his funeral procession the following year.
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Edith Bond describes her experience in officer's training school for the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
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Edith Bond describes her experience changing trains at Grand Central Station in New York on the way to Northampton, Massachusetts, where she would begin officer's training school in the Navy.
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Edith Bond describes her work at the Bureau of Ships in Washington, D.C., her first posting in the Navy.
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