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Mildred Ikard Billie Bourgeois (1920-2021) served in the served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from June 1944-March 1946. She served as an aviation radio technician third class. Mildred Iker Billie Bourgeois (b. 1920) was born in Cyril, Oklahoma on August 7, 1920. Following her junior year at Oklahoma College for Women in 1941, Bourgeois attempted to join the Women's Army Corps, but was not accepted due to being underweight. She then entered radio school and worked briefly in the signal corps in Red Bank, New Jersey, before being assigned to a position in Sacramento, California with the air force. At her own request, Bourgeois was assigned to the Women's Reserve of the US Naval Reserve in 1944. She attended boot camp [...] Read more
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