Author: Margie Bedell-Burke

Navy WAVES 

WAVES and British Sailors Receive Free Theater Tickets

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments British sailors, Navy WAVES, new york, Recreation Committee, Royal Navy, theater tickets

U.S. Navy WAVES and British Royal Navy sailors obtain free theater tickets from New York’s Defense Recreation Committee, circa 1943.

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Seaman 2nd Class ‘Mans’ the Switchboard

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments seaman, Switchboard Operator, washington dc, WAVES quarters, World War II

Seaman 2nd Class Mary Garrell, USNR(W), mans the switchboard at WAVES Quarters D, Washington, D.C., August 1943. Photo size: 3000

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WAVES in Chill Chamber Put On Oxygen Masks

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments chill chamber, flight gear, Florida, Jacksonville, main dispensary, naval air station, oxygen masks, WAVES

At Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, WAVES dressed in leather flight gear put on oxygen masks in preparation for an

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WAVES Adjust Oxygen Masks in Low Pressure Chamber

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments dispensary, Florida, Jacksonville, low pressure chamber, naval air station, oxygen masks

WAVES in the low pressure chamber at the main dispensary at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, during a special run,

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WAVES Receive Briefing in Chill Chamber

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments briefing, chill chamber, dispensary, Florida, Jacksonville, leather flight suits, naval air station, training, WAVES

At the main dispensary at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, three WAVES receive a briefing in preparation for an indoctrination

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LCDR Joy Bright Hancock and LT Eunice Whyte

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Eunice Whyte, Joy Bright Hancock, lieutenant, Victory Ribbon, World War I, World War II WAVES, yeoman

Lieutenant Commander Joy Bright Hancock, USNR (left) and Lieutenant Eunice Whyte, USNR. Photographed circa 1943. Both had served in the

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WAVES Officer Demonstrates Oxygen Mask Use

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Florida, Jacksonville, low pressure chamber, main dispensary, naval air station, oxygen mask, simulation, WAVES officer

WAVES in the low pressure chamber at the main dispensary at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, during a special run,

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Get Help Putting on Leather Flight Gear

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments chill chamber, dispensary, flight gear, Florida, indoctrination flight, Jacksonville, naval air station

At Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, WAVES receive help putting on leather flight gear while preparing for an indoctrination flight

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES in Low Pressure Chamber at Main Dispensary

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments dispensary, ensign, Florida, Jacksonville, low pressure chamber, naval air station, porthole

WAVES in the low pressure chamber at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville main dispensary during a special run, 14 October

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES in Chill Chamber at Main Dispensary

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments chill chamber, dispensary, Florida, indoctrination flight, Jacksonville, naval air station

WAVES in the chill chamber for an indoctrination flight at the main dispensary of the Naval Air Station at Jacksonville,

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