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Captain Mildred H. McAfee (Horton), USNR (1900-1994) --
Informal Views

This page features informal photographs of Captain Mildred McAfee Horton, mainly taken during her service as Director of the WAVES during World War II.

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Photo #: 80-G-19517

Mildred H. McAfee
(left) and
Margaret O. Disert (right)

With Fourth Naval District Commandant Rear Admiral Adolphus E. Watson, USN, at his office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in early August 1942.
Miss McAfee was commissioned as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander, the Navy's first female officer, on 3 August 1942. Miss Disert was commissioned a few days later.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: NH 95017

Mildred H. McAfee
(right center)

Takes the oath of office to become a Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve and Director of the Navy's Women's Reserve, at the Navy Department, 3 August 1942.
Administering the oath is Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Looking on are Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Chief of Naval Operations and Commander in Chief U.S. Fleet (left), and Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personnel (right).

Courtesy of the Wellesley College Archives, 1983.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: 80-G-23754

Female Officer Training School, Hunter College, New York City


Commissioning ceremonies at the new training school for female Navy (WAVES) and Coast Guard (SPARS) Officers, circa early 1943.
Standing in front are (left to right):
Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor of New York City;
Lieutenant Commander Mildred McAfee, USNR, Director of the WAVES; and
Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, USN, Chief of Naval Personnel.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-40693

Lieutenant Commander Mildred H. McAfee, USNR
, Director of the WAVES (left), and
Lieutenant Commander Dorothy Stratton, USCGR, Director of the SPARS

Witness the Oath-taking by 418 women who have joined the Navy and Coast Guard, circa early 1943. The ceremony took place in front of New York City Hall.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-43752

Captain Mildred H. McAfee, USNR
, Director of the Navy's Women's Reserve (right)

Is congratulated by Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, Chief of Naval Personnel, upon her promotion to the rank of Captain, 13 November 1943.
She was promoted under the provisions of the new Women's Reserve Bill passed by Congress earlier in the month.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-44795

WAVES serving at the Hydrographic Office, Pensacola, Florida


Captain Mildred H. McAfee, Director of the WAVES, Captain Charles Slayton, and Rear Admiral George S. Bryan watch as Frances Bochner, PH3, and Lillian Boscher, PH3, construct a slotted template layout of aerial photographs used in the construction of charts, January 1944. Looking on is Olive Pullen, Seaman 2nd Class.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-334303

Captain Mildred H. McAfee, USNR
, Director of the WAVES

Listens as Storekeeper 2nd Class Dorothy Oates explains her duties in handling salvage materials at Naval Air Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 4 July 1945.
Captain McAfee was on an inspection tour.
Items in the background appear to be aircraft engine carburetors.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: 80-G-351480

Women's Reserve District Directors' Conference


District Directors and representatives of the Women's Reserve, U.S. Naval Reserve, photographed at WAVES Quarters "K", Washington, D.C., during the third annual Women's Reserve District Directors conference, 8 September 1945.
Standing in the center of the front row is Captain Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, Director of the Women's Reserve.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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Photo #: NH 97179

Captain Mildred McAfee Horton, USNR (Retired)


Receives the Key to the City from Charles B. Wheeler, Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, during the 30th Anniversary National Convention of Navy Women, August 1972. She gave the convention's keynote address.
At that time, Captain Horton was a trustee of the University of New Hampshire. She was President of Wellesley College before and after World War II. When commissioned as the Navy's first female officer in August 1942, she became the Director of the Women's Reserve (WAVES) and served in that position until February 1946.
This photograph was originally released by the Naval Air Reserve Detachment, Olathe, Kansas, on 10 September 1972.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

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For other pictures related to Captain Mildred McAfee Horton, see: Captain Mildred H. McAfee (Horton).


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the "Online Library's" digital images, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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18 December 1999