Author: Margie Bedell-Burke

Navy WAVES 

WAVES Yeoman Boards Transport Bound for Hawaii

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments duty station, hawaii, Pearl Harbor, shore leave, transport ship, yeoman

Yeoman 1st Class Josephine Adams, USNR(W), comes aboard the transport that will take her and other WAVES to their new

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WAVES March in Roosevelt Funeral Procession

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments enlisted WAVES, funeral procession, president roosevelt, washington dc, WAVES marching, WAVES officers

WAVES officers and enlisted personnel march in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral procession, Washington, D.C., 14 April 1945. Photo size:

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Frances Wills and Harriet Ida Pickens are Sworn In

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, Apprentice Seamen, Frances Wills, Harriet Ida Pickens, New York City, pioneer, WAVES officers

When the Navy decided to begin integrating African-American women into the WAVES program in October 1944, Frances Wills and Harriet

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Harriet Ida Pickens Sworn in as Apprentice Seaman

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, apprentice seaman, Columbia University, Harriet Ida Pickens, New York City, pioneer, swearing in, WAVES officer

Harriet Ida Pickens, a public health administrator with a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Columbia University, is sworn in

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WAVES Postal Worker Distributes Mail

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Mail Clerk, post office, postal worker, seaman, washington dc, WAVES Quarters D

Seaman 1st Class Evelyn Bailey, USNR(W), on duty in the post office at WAVES Quarters D, Washington, D.C., June 1944.

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Twin Sisters Talk With a WAVE at Hunter College

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bronx, commissioning ceremonies, Hunter College, Naval Training School, New York City, recruiting poster, twin sisters, twins, WAVES poster

Twin sisters Ann Louise Budnick and Jule Louise Budnick talk with a WAVE while en route to commissioning ceremonies for

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WAVES Cheerleaders for Naval Air Station Football Team

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments cheerleaders, football, iowa, naval air station, Ottumwa, recreation

WAVES serve as cheerleaders for the Naval Air Station, Ottumwa, Iowa, football team, 21 October 1943. They are (from left

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WAVES Ensign Receives Salute From Marine Sentry

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments apartment building, guard, gun, Marine sentry, revolver, salute, WAVES officer, WAVES quarters

Ensign Emma D. Shelton, USNR(W), receives a salute from an armed Marine sentry as she enters an apartment building that

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WAVES Officers Receive Tour of Blimp Hangar

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments blimp hangar, guided tour, Lakehurst, naval air station, New Jersey, pilots, WAVES officers

World War II WAVES officers receive a guided tour of a blimp hangar at Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey,

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WAVES Arrive on Bus in Banana River, Florida

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Banana River, bus, Florida, naval air station, WAVES

WAVES debarking from a bus upon their arrival at Naval Air Station, Banana River, Florida, 21 February 1944. Photo size:

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