hat
date: label: date made
content: 1968
notes: label: Description
content: Uniform item is a copy of a combation hat worn by Beatrice Truitt, USN, the first woman line officer to be selected to the rank of Captain. She was promoted in 1968. All uniform items were donated by her twin sister, Bernice Truitt per her mother’s (Mrs. J.M. Truitt) wishes. This combination cover was provided to complete the uniform donated. The orginial combination hat was cut up to make a framed decoration in Mrs. J. M. Truit's (mother) home.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Naval
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bernice V. Truitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.59861-N(7)
label: catalog number
content: 59861-N(7)
label: accession number
content: 323445
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in x 11 1/2 in x 10 in; 11.43 cm x 19.05 cm x 29.21 cm x 25.4 cm