Hawaii star note short snorter from WWII

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  1. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    So I guess it's been confirmed that this particular Orla was definitely a man, then?
     
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  3. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    This is USS Cyrene in the photo below, but it was a Type C1-A ship like the Cape Constantine. So this is what the ship in question would have looked like.

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    There were 67 C1-A ships built, according to the Wikipedia article.

    (They built 99 C1-M ships here in my hometown of Brunswick, Georgia during the war. We have a city park on the site of the old shipyards.)
     
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  4. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Randy Beebe is saying Orla was female.
     
    C-B-D, Aug 6, 2020
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  5. lordmarcovan

    lordmarcovan Eclectic & Eccentric Moderator

    Interesting. Makes more sense as a female name than a male name, though I suppose the latter wasn't totally impossible.

    Neat. So a woman in the service, then, aboard a ship in wartime service in the Pacific? Very interesting.
     
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  7. lettow

    lettow Senior Member

    44028_05_00013-01930.jpg PhM Orla Nelson Beebe was very much a man.
     
    lettow, Aug 6, 2020
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  8. lettow

    lettow Senior Member

    War History.jpg

    From the War Diary of HQ MAG-31. Beebe and Wascom were both assigned to HQ.
     
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  9. Mr.Q

    Mr.Q Well-Known Member

    Great post and answers, I enjoyed the lesson for the day thanks to everyone.
     
    Mr.Q, Aug 6, 2020
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  10. C-B-D

    C-B-D Well-Known Member

    Where does it say, "male?"
     
    C-B-D, Aug 6, 2020
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  11. Neal

    Neal Well-Known Member

    It's a draft registration card. Only males registered for the draft.

    Great posts! I love this thread!!
     
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  12. lettow

    lettow Senior Member

    An ancestry.com account is crucial for researching short snorters.

    fold3.com is also helpful and many of its pages are accessible for free.
     
    lettow, Aug 6, 2020
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