Discover Untold Stories
World War II Historical Fiction
WAVES ON THE POTOMAC
It’s 1942. Meg Burke casts off the security of being a math teacher in her native Brooklyn to attend officer training for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) at Smith College. During her first assignment in Washington, D.C., Meg relentlessly decrypts Japanese radio transmissions, daily proving her professional competence while downplaying her male colleagues’ personal interests. But when Meg finds herself entangled in a dangerous undercover intelligence operation, she realizes that serving her country requires more than breaking codes.
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About
R. Ann Bush is a southern California native who studied history at Princeton University as an undergraduate and received her Masters in Women’s History at the University of London.
One of her scholarly assignments was an oral history project featuring her great aunt’s experiences in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) during World War II. She received her Ph.D. in Public Health at the University of California San Diego and is currently a professor in Health Sciences at the University of San Diego.
An experienced scientific researcher and academic author, Ann used the pandemic lockdown to weave together family narratives and first-hand naval experiences to tell the story. Ann lives with her patient husband and two inquisitive sons.
One of her scholarly assignments was an oral history project featuring her great aunt’s experiences in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) during World War II. She received her Ph.D. in Public Health at the University of California San Diego and is currently a professor in Health Sciences at the University of San Diego.
An experienced scientific researcher and academic author, Ann used the pandemic lockdown to weave together family narratives and first-hand naval experiences to tell the story. Ann lives with her patient husband and two inquisitive sons.
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