Primarily documents Blanche Woolard Haggard's education at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro); her service with the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1942 to 1945; and her life after World War II. Haggard details working in the Woman's College registrar's office and being taught by Virginia Farinholt in the late 1930s and early 1940s. However, she primarily discusses her World War II service. She recalls her parents' reactions when she joined the WAVES; basic training, including marching and uniforms; Eleanor Roosevelt's visit to her typing class at Northampton; her social life, including trips to New York, dances, and dates; her work coding and decoding messages; GI deaths during pilot training; shore patrol; and her opinion of President Franklin Roosevelt. " Other topics include the mood of the country during World War II; her husband's experiences in the military; frequent traveling with her husband; her work with the Red Cross Blood Program; the general perception of women who joined the military; her opinion of women in combat; and the variety of jobs and volunteer work she was involved with after her military service.