The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) - 7 Dec 1943, Tue p. 6
"Navy Nurse To Be Sponsor of Vessel"
Houston, Tex., Dec 8. The first member of the navy nurse corps to sponsor a warship on the gulf coast will christen the destroyer escort vessel USS O'Flaherty at Orange Dec 14, the navy announced today. Sec. of the Navy Knox has designated Ens. Lavada M. O'Flaherty, navy nurse corps, as sponsor for the vessel which is named in honor of her brother, the late Ens. Frank Woodrow O'Flaherty, USNR, Kansas, MO. Ens. O'Flaherty, holder of the Navy Cross, lost his life in the battle of Midway. Miss O'Flaherty is now stationed at the navy base hospital in Norman, Ok.
Lavada enlisted as a navy nurse on 5 Jan 1943 and was honorably discharged on 4 Jun 1946.
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"Navy Nurse To Be Sponsor of Vessel"
Houston, Tex., Dec 8. The first member of the navy nurse corps to sponsor a warship on the gulf coast will christen the destroyer escort vessel USS O'Flaherty at Orange Dec 14, the navy announced today. Sec. of the Navy Knox has designated Ens. Lavada M. O'Flaherty, navy nurse corps, as sponsor for the vessel which is named in honor of her brother, the late Ens. Frank Woodrow O'Flaherty, USNR, Kansas, MO. Ens. O'Flaherty, holder of the Navy Cross, lost his life in the battle of Midway. Miss O'Flaherty is now stationed at the navy base hospital in Norman, Ok.
Lavada enlisted as a navy nurse on 5 Jan 1943 and was honorably discharged on 4 Jun 1946.
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The Galveston Daily News (Galveston, Texas) - 7 Dec 1943, Tue p. 6
"Navy Nurse To Be Sponsor of Vessel"
Houston, Tex., Dec 8. The first member of the navy nurse corps to sponsor a warship on the gulf coast will christen the destroyer escort vessel USS O'Flaherty at Orange Dec 14, the navy announced today. Sec. of the Navy Knox has designated Ens. Lavada M. O'Flaherty, navy nurse corps, as sponsor for the vessel which is named in honor of her brother, the late Ens. Frank Woodrow O'Flaherty, USNR, Kansas, MO. Ens. O'Flaherty, holder of the Navy Cross, lost his life in the battle of Midway. Miss O'Flaherty is now stationed at the navy base hospital in Norman, Ok.
Lavada enlisted as a navy nurse on 5 Jan 1943 and was honorably discharged on 4 Jun 1946.
[Provided by G47#47281148]
"Navy Nurse To Be Sponsor of Vessel"
Houston, Tex., Dec 8. The first member of the navy nurse corps to sponsor a warship on the gulf coast will christen the destroyer escort vessel USS O'Flaherty at Orange Dec 14, the navy announced today. Sec. of the Navy Knox has designated Ens. Lavada M. O'Flaherty, navy nurse corps, as sponsor for the vessel which is named in honor of her brother, the late Ens. Frank Woodrow O'Flaherty, USNR, Kansas, MO. Ens. O'Flaherty, holder of the Navy Cross, lost his life in the battle of Midway. Miss O'Flaherty is now stationed at the navy base hospital in Norman, Ok.
Lavada enlisted as a navy nurse on 5 Jan 1943 and was honorably discharged on 4 Jun 1946.
[Provided by G47#47281148]
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