WEBVTT 00:02.202 --> 00:09.976 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GUEST: This is my mother's, uh, flight jacket, two pictures of her, and her flight log. In the Navy, 00:09.976 --> 00:17.417 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% she was a stewardess. She was one of only 30 WAVES who were, uh, taken into a squadron and 00:17.417 --> 00:24.224 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% given the namesake "The 30," uh... Guys, when they were being discharged, there was a guy 00:24.224 --> 00:31.398 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% that was slashing the back of the jackets, and she just refused. So she ended up stealing it 00:31.398 --> 00:36.169 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% from the Navy and had to stand the captain's mast for that. So, we're very proud of it. (chuckles) 00:36.169 --> 00:40.240 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: As you should be. So, what is the captain's mast? 00:40.240 --> 00:45.311 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GUEST: It's one step below a court-martial, and, uh, she could have been in serious problem for, 00:45.311 --> 00:47.947 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% uh, stealing it. But, uh, fortunately, they let her go. 00:47.947 --> 00:49.482 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: They were demilitarizing... 00:49.482 --> 00:51.251 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Yes. APPRAISER: ...all of the material from the Navy. 00:51.251 --> 00:54.120 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% GUEST: Yeah. The, the 30, uh, jackets were all being destroyed, 00:54.120 --> 00:57.057 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and as far as I know, that's the only one that has survived. 00:57.057 --> 00:59.259 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Yeah. I've never seen another one for a WAVE before. 00:59.259 --> 01:00.493 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 01:00.493 --> 01:04.864 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: The WAVES, Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Services. The 01:04.864 --> 01:09.769 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% WAVES were formed in, in 1942 to alleviate some of the services, 01:09.769 --> 01:14.207 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% get men out into, into ships and in combat. So they did all sorts of jobs, 01:14.207 --> 01:18.211 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% from working in hospitals to, like your mom, be working on an aircrew of an aircraft. 01:18.211 --> 01:20.046 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 01:20.046 --> 01:25.819 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPRAISER: To be crewing a plane at that time was pretty impressive. They were in service through 01:25.819 --> 01:31.724 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% the end of the war, and were demobilized in, in 1948. They had done that so that they could 01:31.724 --> 01:36.162 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% be actually integrated into the regular Army, Navy. And that was due to their service, um... 01:36.162 --> 01:39.099 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% GUEST: Mm-hmm. APPRAISER: ...during World War II, 01:39.099 --> 01:42.735 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% that they actually became regular members of the, of the military. And she served when? 01:42.735 --> 01:46.506 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: The very end of World War II into peacetime. 01:46.506 --> 01:48.641 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: So it looked like from... The... ...the, the logbook here... 01:48.641 --> 01:49.442 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% GUEST: Mm-hmm. 01:49.442 --> 01:53.713 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% APPRAISER: Looked like the fall of 1945 into '46, '47? 01:53.713 --> 01:55.081 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Yeah, mm-hmm. 01:55.081 --> 01:59.419 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: And it seems like she did some traveling. She flew around quite a bit. She did. 01:59.419 --> 02:06.192 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% GUEST: Her main unit was covering from Boston to Miami, and then she did Bermuda to San Francisco. 02:06.192 --> 02:10.997 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Well, it's wonderful that we have a leather flight jacket, 02:10.997 --> 02:18.605 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% a U.S. Navy version AN-J-3A. The only ones I've ever seen before were worn by men. You've got 02:18.605 --> 02:23.743 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% a wool waistband, cuffs that have a few holes, it's got a little wear from use, 02:23.743 --> 02:26.679 align:left position:20% line:71% size:70% but it's still in good condition. You said your mother is wearing it in this photograph? 02:26.679 --> 02:31.084 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% GUEST: Yes. Her jacket there and her boots. Her 02:31.084 --> 02:33.853 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% flight boots. Yeah. She stole, actually, the flight boots... 02:33.853 --> 02:35.522 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% APPRAISER: (chuckles) GUEST: ...also, from the Navy. 02:35.522 --> 02:38.691 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: For the group, we would put an auction estimate of $1,000 to $1,500. 02:38.691 --> 02:41.694 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% GUEST: Oh, really? 02:41.694 --> 02:46.099 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% APPRAISER: Part of the value being in the jacket itself, but the historical value 02:46.099 --> 02:49.903 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% is what's really important with it. I'm sure glad that we could see this today... 02:49.903 --> 02:49.602 align:left position:20% line:77% size:70% GUEST: Thank you, Mom. APPRAISER: ...and talk about your mom.