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Ruth White and three co-workers enjoy glasses of fresh milk, for which they traded their liquor rations, while stationed at the Buckner Bay (Nakagusuku Bay), Okinawa, in 1946. The women are in their quarters and sit on the bunks made for them by Seabees at the Naval Operating Base there.

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Title
Red Cross workers enjoy fresh milk
Contributor
White, Ruth Matthews, Curator
Date
1946
Date (Text)
1946
Object ID
WV0089.6.008
Subject Headings
World War, 1939-1945
American Red Cross
Topics
Women's History
Schools and Colleges
UNCG
Alumni
Military
Geographic Coverage
Okinawa Island (Japan)|Okinawa Island (Japan)
Contributing Institution
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Service Branch
Red Cross
Conflict / Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Type
Image
Format
photographs
Language
English
Archive
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries; Ruth Matthews White Collection
Standard Rights Statement
(http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/) IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the contributing institution for permission to reuse.
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Digital History Collections > University of North Carolina at Greensboro > Women Veterans Historical Project Collections > Ruth Matthews White Collection
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