Lacy Endicott

She was a WAVE (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in the U.S. Navy and served as a Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class.  WAVES could not serve aboard combat ships or aircraft, and initially were restricted to duty in the continental United States.  Late in the war, WAVES were authorized to serve in certain overseas U.S. possessions, and a number were sent to Hawaii.  At the end of the war, there were well over 8,000 female officers and some ten times that many enlisted WAVES, about 2.5% percent of the Navy's total strength.  In some places WAVES constituted a majority of the uniformed Naval personnel.  Many remained in uniform to help get the Navy into, and through, the post-war era.

She is buried in the Eagle  Point National Cemetery in Eagle Point, Oregon.