Alice and Richard Berridge

Alice Berridge
WAVE Specialist 2, U.S. Navy
1944-1945
Resident, Belmont Village Sabre Springs, San Diego, CA

“I was proud to be a WAVE because it was our duty to relieve the men of their stateside duties so that they could go overseas. Women did not see battle in WWII.”

Richard Berridge
Lieutenant J.G., U.S. Navy
1943-1945
Resident, Belmont Village Sabre Springs, San Diego, CA

“I was sent to the South Pacific for my service instead of the muddy trenches of Europe. One of the most frightening aspects of the duty was the danger of encountering enemy ships being escorted during a black night while we were traveling in a zigzag pattern.”