Viola B. Sanders

On October 19, 1943, she was assigned as communications officer at Naval Air Station in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she remained throughout the remainder of the war.

She was transferred to Naval Station Great Lakes, where she worked in recruit training.

When women's recruit training was transferred to United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge, Maryland, in late 1951, Sanders was assigned to set up the facilities for the women's regiment.

After completing the move, she became the regimental commander in Bainbridge, a position she held for a year.

After her retirement Sanders lived in Southern Pines, North Carolina, for a short time before returning to Greenwood, Mississippi, where she was very active in civic and veterans affairs.