Author: Margie Bedell-Burke

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Red Cross Serving Chow to Hunter College WAVES

October 11, 2017November 3, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bronx, chow, Coast Guard SPARS, Hunter College, Naval Training Center, navy, New York City, Red Cross

First chow is served by the Red Cross at the Hunter College campus of the U.S. Naval Training Center, Women’s

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WAVES Working on SBD Dauntless Aircraft

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanics, assembly and repair department, Aviation Machinist's Mate, Aviation Metalsmith, Florida, Jacksonville, naval air station, seaman

WAVES Aviation Metalsmiths and Aviation Machinist’s Mates (AMM) working on an SBD Dauntless aircraft in the Assembly and Repair Department

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Aviation Machinist’s Mate Repairing Naval Aircraft

October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft engine, aircraft mechanic, Aviation Machinist's Mate, Grumman, naval air station, Pratt & Whitney, Seattle, Washington

Aviation Machinist’s Mate 3rd Class Barbara Warfield, USNR(W), working on an aircraft at Naval Air Station, Seattle, Washington, 28 September

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WAVES Aviation Machinist’s Mates in Jacksonville, Florida

October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanics, Aviation Machinist's Mate, Florida, Jacksonville, mechanics, naval air station, Pratt & Whitney, radial engine, seaman, SNJ training plane

WAVES Aviation Machinist’s Mates (AMM) working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine at

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WAVES Yeoman Students Rolling Giant Snowball

October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Cedar Falls, iowa, Iowa State College, seaman, snow, winter, yeoman

WAVES yeoman students from the Yeoman Training School at Iowa State College in Cedar Falls, Iowa, take time out from

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WAVES Microfilm Vouchers to Save Paperwork

October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bureau of Supplies and Accounts, clerks, insignia, microfilm, office, washington dc

At the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts in Washington, D.C., WAVES are microfilming vouchers, using methods similar to those employed

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WAVES Pharmacist’s Mate at San Diego Naval Hospital

October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, color photo, Pharmacist's Mate, pharmacy, Puerto Rico, San Diego, San Diego Naval Hospital

WAVES Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Mercedes Palacios at work in the Pharmaceutical Department of U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California,

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Sailor Picks Up Mail from WAVES Yeoman

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, color photo, Fleet Post Office, mail, mailman, recruiting poster, San Francisco, yeoman

Yeoman 1st Class Marjorie Daw Adams, USNR(W), obtains a receipt from Mailman 2nd Class Wilbur L. Harrison, who is picking

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WAVES Hospital Apprentice Visits With Patient Outdoors

October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, color photo, Hospital Apprentice, howitzer, San Diego, San Diego Naval Hospital, seaman

With an afternoon off duty, WAVES Hospital Apprentice 1st Class Reida McNeill of the U.S. Naval Hospital, San Diego, California,

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WAVES Pharmacist’s Mate Prepares to X-Ray Marine

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, color photo, marine, Naval Hospital, Pharmacist's Mate, San Diego, San Diego Naval Hospital, x-ray

WAVES Pharmacist’s Mate 3rd Class Winifred Perosky prepares to X-Ray Marine Private First Class Harold E. Reyher, circa spring 1945.

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