Irene C. Cullen was born in Pennsylvania on May 31, 1913. At the beginning of World War II, she moved with her mother to Pearl Harbor, and began her lifelong service to our country. From Hawaii, they moved to Alameda, still civil servants. When the U.S. Navy shut down that base, Irene and others assigned there had the opportunity to come to the newly opened Naval Air Station, Lemoore where she served until her retirement.