Cedar Falls Girl Completes Boot Training in WAVES
Cedar Falls - Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jessen, Route 1, Cedar Falls, received word from their daughter, Dagney, that she has completed her boot training at Hunter college, New York and has been assigned to the medical corps of the Waves.
She is at present attending school at Bethesda, Md, after which she will specialize in a specific branch of the medical corps. Miss Jessen formerly was employed at the Lockheed airplane plant at Los Angeles, Cal, in the clerical department.
Mr. and Mrs. Jessen also had a son in the service, Pfc Jess Jessen, stationed at Camp Stewart, Ga.,in the airborne division.
Source: The Courier (Waterloo IA) April 26, 1944 (photo included)