Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
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Onieta "Skeets" Crosswhite
Little Rock, Ark.
Enlisted 29 January 1943
Discharged 1945 |
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Stationed
South Pacific Islands
Leyte Island, Philippines
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| She worked as a Crypotographer with MacArthur's Headquarters on Leyte Island when she decoded the message "Hostilities had ceased in Europe". There was an uproar in the camp with celebrations.
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