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SIERRA VISTA, Ariz. — In 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed legislation to allow women to join the U.S. military. Three years later, Mary Reno decided to join the Navy , despite push back from commanding officers.
"I wanted adventure and I was a country girl and I thought it was fun. And it was," the 93-year-old said. “I had no place to go. I think a lot of us joined cause we didn’t have a place to go and there were no other job that appealed to us.Reno followed her brother's footsteps when joining the military.
Reno worked in communications for her unit. She said she would receive the codes and make sure they were stored properly, despite protest from her commanding officer.
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