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428-GX-USN 1151695: Rear Admiral Arlene B. Duerk, June 1972

428-GX-USN 1151695: Rear Admiral Arlene B. Duerk, June 1972. Washington, D.C. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt puts on her new Admiral’s combination hat on the head of Rear Admiral Arlene B. Duerk on her promotion during a ceremony in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy John W. Warner who looks on t right. Rear Admiral Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps was the first woman to reach the rank of Rear Admiral. Photographed by PH1 Billy L. Mason, June 1, 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photographed from small reference card.
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Caption: 428-GX-USN 1151695: Rear Admiral Arlene B. Duerk, June 1972. Washington, D.C. Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt puts on her new Admiral’s combination hat on the head of Rear Admiral Arlene B. Duerk on her promotion during a ceremony in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy John W. Warner who looks on t right. Rear Admiral Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps was the first woman to reach the rank of Rear Admiral. Photographed by PH1 Billy L. Mason, June 1, 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Photographed from small reference card.
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