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"Lt.(jg.) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ens. Frances Wills, first Negro Waves to be commissioned. They were members of the final graduating class at Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School (WR) Northampton, MA."

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  1. Aeronautics, Military
  2. African Americans
  3. Military Art And Science
  4. Soldiers
  5. Warships
  6. Women
  7. Women Soldiers
  8. World War, 1939 1945

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