Pearl Ann Wiinanen (nee Hackly)

Pearl Ann Wiinanen (nee Hackly) enlisted in the Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) on September 9, 1944.

She served as a Seaman First Class at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.

Mrs. Wiinanen received the American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal.

She was honorably discharged on November 16, 1945, at Great Lakes, Illinois.

Source: Hometown Heroes:  The Saint Louis County World War II Project, 341.

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