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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WAVES Waiting at a Navy Air Terminal
WAVES at a Navy air terminal while en route to Naval Air Station, Olathe, Kansas, via a Navy transport plane.
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WAVES On Board a Douglas R4D-6 Transport Plane
WAVEs en route to Naval Air Station, Olathe, Kansas, in a Douglas R4D-6 transport plane, accompanied by their instructor, Lieutenant
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WAVES Working in Washington D.C. Post Office
World War II WAVES at work in Washington, D.C., in the first post office of its size to be staffed
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Companies of WAVES March to Second Anniversary Rally
WAVES held a rally at the Washington Monument Grounds July 30, 1944, to celebrate the second anniversary of the establishment
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WAVES Master Escape Hatch During Physical Training
Though they don’t serve aboard ships, WAVES must master the intricacies of the ‘escape hatch’ to develop coordination and endurance
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