160426-N-YW238-048 NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (April 26, 2015) Hospital Corpsman 2nd class Keenan Fitts, a Sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier Pre-Commissioning Unit Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), greets Norma Bauerschmidt, a 91-year-old World War II veteran and member of Women Accepted for Voluntary Service (WAVES), during a tour of the ship. Bauerschmidt’s family shares a unique connection with the ship’s namesake, President Gerald R. Ford. After she was denied her military benefits, she wrote to her congressman, Ford, who resolved the issue and personally delivered Bauerschmidt her first benefits check. Her family linked with Ford again when her daughter, a secret service agent, helped coordinate arrangements for President Ford’s funeral. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Connor Loessin/Released)