I spent this week at a seminar on the Veterans History Project that UCF will be a part of in 2010-2011.

There are several connections between veterans and women’s page editors. Women’s page editors Vivian Castleberry and Colleen “Koky” Dishon were married to WW II veterans.

During WW II, future Nevada women’s page journalist Ruthe Deskin became the employee relations director at the Army Ordnance Depot near Herlong, California, about 70 miles north of Reno. She put out the organization’s newspaper and was authorized to administer oaths. In that position, she received “excellent” ratings from her supervisors and earned the Extra-Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. She was one of the few women in the United States to receive that honor.

My article about Ruthe will be published this year.

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I spent this week at a seminar on the Veterans History Project that UCF will be a part of in 2010-2011.

There are several connections between veterans and women’s page editors. Women’s page editors Vivian Castleberry and Colleen “Koky” Dishon were married to WW II veterans.

During WW II, future Nevada women’s page journalist Ruthe Deskin became the employee relations director at the Army Ordnance Depot near Herlong, California, about 70 miles north of Reno. She put out the organization’s newspaper and was authorized to administer oaths. In that position, she received “excellent” ratings from her supervisors and earned the Extra-Meritorious Civilian Service Medal. She was one of the few women in the United States to receive that honor.

My article about Ruthe will be published this year.

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