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Irma Jean Brooks (b. 1929) of Madison, Tennessee, served in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service)from 1952 to 1973, primarily in personnel and administration. Irma Jean Brooks was born and raised in Madison, Tennessee, but also spent several years in Richland, Washington, during World War II while her father worked at a facility involved with making the atomic bomb. The family returned to Tennessee after the war, and Brooks graduated from Isaac Litton High School in Nashville in 1947. She then attended the University of Tennessee, graduating in 1951 with a major in physical education. Brooks taught for one year before joining the navy. Brooks received a direct commission in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in January of the [...] Read more
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