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WAVES and Women Marines Visit USS Tripoli

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments ship tour, USS Tripoli, WAVES, women marines

WAVES and women Marines visiting the USS Tripoli (CVE-64), January 1944. Photo size: 3000 × 2397 Photo source: Naval History

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Frances D. Hanusik, SKC

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments chief, paperwork, storekeeper, WAVES

Frances D. Hanusik, SKC, was one of the first WAVES promoted to the rank of chief, circa 1944. Photo size:

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WAVES Specialists Study Link Celestial Navigation

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Celestial Navigation, classroom, naval air station, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, Seattle, specialist, Washington

WAVES Specialists study Link Celestial Navigation ‘Celestial pathfinders’ for other WAVES to follow. 70 Specialists (Teachers) of the Women’s Reserve

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WAVES Students Take Practice Flight in Celestial Trainer

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Celestial Navigation, celestial trainer, instructor, NAS Seattle, navigator, practice flight, Quonset Point, specialist, teacher

WAVES specialists taking 10-week course at Navy Link Celestial Navigation schools at two widely-separated Naval Air Stations – Quonset Point,

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Girls Behind the Man Behind the Gun

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments ammunition, Florida, Gunners School, Hollywood, instructors, machine gun, target range

Draped with belts of .50-calibre ammunition, Florence Johnston, Specialist (G) Third Class (left), and Rosamund Small, Specialist (G) Third Class,

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Secretary of the Navy Reviews WAVES Officers

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, Captain Henry C. Gearing, commanding officer, ensign, Frank Knox, Naval Training Station, review, San Diego, Secretary of the Navy, WAVES officers

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox reviews WAVES officers during a visit to the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California,

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WAVES Mail Clerk Rewraps a Package for Overseas Shipment

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments hawaii, Mail Clerk, mailman, overseas shipment, package, Pearl Harbor, post office, recruiting poster

Mailman 3rd Class Margery Van Dyke, USNR(W), rewraps and readdresses a package that arrived for overseas shipment in a condition

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Ensign Wills and LT(jg) Pickens Packing After Graduation

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, Frances Wills, graduation, Harriet Ida Pickens, Massachusetts, midshipmens school, Northampton, packing

Ensign Frances Wills (right) helps Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens pack her suitcase, following their graduation from the Naval

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Ensign Wills and LT(jg) Pickens Enjoy Lunch

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, Frances Wills, Harriet Ida Pickens, Massachusetts, midshipmens school, Northampton, restaurant, WAVES officers

Ensign Frances Wills (left) and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens enjoy lunch following their graduation from the Naval Reserve

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First African-American WAVES Officers to Graduate

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, Frances Wills, graduation, Harriet Ida Pickens, Massachusetts, midshipmens school, Northampton, WAVES officers

Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens (left) and Ensign Frances Wills, photographed after graduation from the Naval Reserve Midshipmen’s School

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