WAVES and SPARS Directors Witness Oathtaking Ceremony
Lieutenant Commander Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, Director of the WAVES (left), and Lieutenant Commander Dorothy Stratton, USCGR, Director of the
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Author: Margie Bedell-Burke
WAVES’ Anniversary Cartoon Poster
Cartoon by Sixta, USNR, depicting events and activities in the first year following the July 30, 1942 authorization of the
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WAVES Dining in New York City
Enlisted WAVES dining at their New York City apartment hotel, the Hotel Bedford, in January 1943. Photo size: 3000 ×
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Barracks Life of World War II WAVES
WAVES in double bunks in their barracks, typical of their World War II living quarters. Photographed circa 1943. Photo size:
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Three WAVES Sightseeing in Washington, D.C.
Three WAVES stand by the north side of the Tidal Basin during the springtime cherry blossom season, circa 1943-45. The
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WAVES Sell War Bonds from Firecracker-Shaped Booth
At a Midwestern Naval Air Station during World War II, this firecracker-shaped booth was part of the WAVES’ successful effort
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WAVES Taking Meal Break in Iowa Corn Field
WAVES from the Cedar Falls, Iowa, yeoman school take a meal break in an Iowa seed corn field, while helping
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WAVES Telegrapher Checks Monitor Tape Messages
Both speedy and accurate are the WAVES who ‘man’ Naval Communications at Washington, D.C., the heart of the Navy’s far-flung
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WAVES Train Pigeons for Air Duty
Training pigeons to earn their ‘wings’ as messengers from airborne Navy craft is the unique duty of a small number
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WAVES Board Transport Plane Headed For Kansas
WAVES board a Douglas R4D-6 transport plane while en route to Naval Air Station, Olathe, Kansas. The enlisted WAVES, most
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