Joy Bright Hancock

Joy Bright Hancock joined the U.S. Navy in 1918, was a civilian employee in the Bureau of Aeronautics between the wars, a WAVE during World War II, and after the war assistant chief of naval personnel for women, retiring as a captain in 1953.

Joy Bright Hancock joined the U.S. Navy in 1918, was a civilian employee in the Bureau of Aeronautics between the wars, a WAVE during World War II, and after the war assistant chief of naval personnel for women, retiring as a captain in 1953. See less