First African-American WAVES Officers Congratulate Each Other

Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ensign Frances Wills congratulate each other after being being commissioned as the first African-American WAVES officers, December 1944. They were members of the final graduating class of the Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School (WR) at Northampton, Massachusetts.

Photo size: 900 × 744
Photo source: Naval History and Heritage Command
Usage: Public Domain