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A fact from Loretta Perfectus Walsh appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 13 November 2006. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Loretta Perfectus Walsh was the first woman to enlist in the U.S. military?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/November.

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Research Results[edit]

09MAR07 - Contacted a Photo archivist at the Naval Historical Center, who did a search and was unable to find a specific photograph of Loretta Walsh. An historian from the center, Dr. Akers, will be providing me with some additional documents pertaining to YNC Loretta Walsh. I will post any additional information which is not reflected on the current page. Phenix2099 21:04, 9 March 2007 (UTC) Phenix2099[reply]

Assistance[edit]

If you would like to contribute to this article, please expand the article with information from the following two books:

Ebbert, Jean; Hall, Mary-Beth (1994). Crossed Currents: Navy Women from WWI to Tailhook. Brassey's Inc, Revised edition. ISBN 0-028-81112-7
Susan H. Godson. (January 2002). Serving Proudly: A History of Women in the U.S. Navy. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-557-50317-6

--Jreferee 07:36, 11 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Al Nofi, Nov 13, '06: How was it possible for her to enlist two days before the Navy authorized the enlistment of women?

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=28491330 Her picture is apparently here... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.214.91.64 (talk) 15:55, 25 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cause of death[edit]

Since she died of such a young age I think specifying the cause of death is needed. Mikemill (talk) 02:19, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. That's what I came here to say. --Doradus (talk) 05:11, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ditto. I did a quick Google search but found nothing, so I hope someone can shed light here. - Team4Technologies (talk) 10:00, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Memorial pic[edit]

Does the memorial picture have to be so gaudy? Is that what the real one looks like, because if not, it needs to be changed to something more encyclopedic... I tried following the citation to see, but it was out of date and the link was broken. Nerrolken (talk) 03:29, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IMO the image should be removed and text used. The image is hard enough to read without impairment and currently it doesn't seem to have any alt text for a screen reader if one did have an impairment. Mikemill (talk) 08:39, 24 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question[edit]

The article says, "At age 18, on March 17, 1917, Walsh engaged in a four-year enlistment in the U.S. Naval Reserve..." However, given her listed birthday, wouldn't she have been 20? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.207.39.71 (talk) 07:48, 15 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

THIS ARTICLE IS COPYRIGHT!!!!![edit]

THE ARTICLE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta_Perfectus_Walsh IS GOING AGAINST THE COPYRIGHT OF THIS OTHER ARTICLE I READ:http://www.personal.psu.edu/rwp120/IST250/walsh.htm !!!!!! IT IS THE EXACT SAME WORDING!!!! I KNOW THE OTHER SIGHT I READ ISNT COPYING WIKIPEDIA, CUZ IT HAD A COPYRIGHT AND THIS ONE DIDNT!!!!! BOO THIS WIKI GUY!!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.114.200.72 (talk) 23:07, 10 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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