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1961 Press Photo Charlene I Guneson, sea duty, US Navy

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Caption: (FX1)OAKLAND,Calif., Dec.8--REPORTS FOR SEA DUTY--Lt. Charlene I.Guneson, 27, of Chicago, salutes officer of the deck, Lt. (J.G.) Larry Marshall on the quarterdeck of the Gen.William A.Mann today in Oakland, Calif., as she reenacts her officially reporting in for sea duty aboard the Military Transportation Service vessel. Lt.Suneson is the first woman assigned to sea duty as a line officer of the U.S.Navy. (AP WIREPHOTO)(hd61320stf-chl)1961.

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