Lucille L. Patterson, yeoman, third class, in the WAVES, who has been stationed in Washington, D.C., the last year with the bureau of personnel, has been sent to Smith college, Northampton, Mass., for officer's training. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs R.B. Patterson, 1301 Twenty-second st.
Source: The Des Moines Tribune, October 2, 1944
Lucille L. Patterson, 1301 Twenty-second st., was commissioned as ensign having completed training at the WAVES midshipmen's school at Northampton, Mass., and has been assigned to duty at Bainbridge, Md.
Source: The Des Moines Tribune, Dec. 5, 1944 (photo included)
Des Moines in the Services
Ensign Lucille L. Patterson, in the WAVES, of 1301 Twenty-second st., has been transferred from Bainbridge, Md, to the naval research laboratory, Anacostia Station, Washington, D.C.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, June 25, 1945
