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Collins Sr., Charles E. (Interviewer)

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Brooks, Mary Jean

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2007-05-22

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Mary Jean Brooks was in the WAVES during World War II. She trained at Smith College in communications. She worked in the Naval Department building in Washington, D.C., encoding and decoding messages sent to and from naval bases and ships. She delivered some messages herself to different government offices and to the White House.

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Veterans History Project collection, (RHC-27)