109.98.3

Book

1943

Material: paper, textile. Size: 5 1/4" W. x 7 3/4" L. x 1 7/8" D. Description: blue cloth over cardboard - gold lettering across front: "The Bluejackets' Manual 1943" - spine lettering: same as cover as well as: "United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, MD" - contents: 1150 pages including: Subjects All Enlisted Men Should Know, Deck Seamanship, Boat Seamanship, Elements of Navigation & Piloting, Communications & Signals, Gunnery, Landing Force, Technical Features, Components of the Navy, Ship Facilities, and graphics - handwritten inside back cover: notes concerning Dorothy Hodgkins' military service.

Waseca County Military - U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, SPAR. Dorothy Hodgkins was a SPAR, a member of the women's reserve of the U.S. Coast Guard. ("SPAR" - s(emper) par (atus) means "always ready" and is the motto of the U.S. Coast Guard. From 1943-45, she worked with public health doctors & nurses in sick bay & the dental clinic. She was stationed in St. Augustine, Florida at a Coast Guard training station. Later she was located in Washington, D.C. at Coast Guard headquarters. See donor gift agreement for more biographical information on Dorothy Hodgkins Gigeay.

The Bluejackets' Manual, 11th Edition

United States Naval Institute; Annapolis, MD