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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge my appreciation for the guidance of Dr. George S. Vinovich, thesis committee chair, as well as thesis committee members Dr. Arthur L. Harshman and Dr. David L. Heifetz, in the completing of this paper. In addition, the assistance of librarians Paul Rigby and Grant Wilinski, and Professor John Pekich, at Atlantic Community College, is also noted. To all those who were willing to be interviewed and agreed to share their personal wartime experiences, I express my thanks. Glenn Helm, historian at the Navy Department Library, Washington Navy Yard, and Julia Senack, of the Atlantic City Public Library, were also instrumental in my research efforts.

A special acknowledgment is made to a woman whose encouragement and ability to translate my writing into the printed form allowed me to complete this paper. You are greatly appreciated, Alice M. Rainey, thank you.