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Julia Hill Gunn (1924-2021) of Lexington, North Carolina, was an aerographer's mate in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) from 1945 to 1947. Julia H. Gunn was born in Lexington, North Carolina, and graduated from the high school department at Montreat College in Montreat, North Carolina. In 1941 she enrolled at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and graduated in 1945 with a degree in chemistry. Gunn joined the WAVES in June 1945 and reported to Hunter College in New York for basic training. She attended the weather school at Lakehurst, New Jersey, from September to December 1945, training as an aerographer's mate and monitored weather patterns. In early 1946 she [...] Read more
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