Navy WAVES

Coast Guard Navy WAVES 

WAVES and SPARS Take Oath of Enlistment

December 1, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments enlistment, new recruits, New York City, oath, SPARS, WAVES

Prospective WAVES and SPARS take the oath of enlistment in a ceremony held in front of New York City Hall,

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Sylvia Greenbaum Novarr of the WAVES

November 6, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Aviation Machinist Mate, Connecticut, Hartford, San Diego, WWII WAVES

Sylvia Greenbaum Novarr, originally of Hartford, Connecticut, was sworn into the WAVES in 1943. During the war she was stationed

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Out For the Day in Washington, D.C.

November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments friends, off-duty, restaurant, washington dc, WAVES

Group of WAVES out on the town for the day in Washington, D.C. Photo size: 1929 × 1360 Photo source:

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Celebrating the Last Night in the WAVES

November 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Cafe Zanzibar, celebration, cigarettes, New York City, restaurant, smoking, WAVES

Three WAVES celebrating their last night in the service at Cafe Zanzibar at Broadway & 49th in New York City,

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Former Nurse Dolores Czarnecki of the WAVES

November 3, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Navy WAVES, Norman, oklahoma, training center

WAVE Dolores Czarnecki, shown here in February 1943 at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, was a

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Navy Nurses Navy WAVES 

First Hospital Corps School Opens in Bethesda, Maryland

November 3, 2017November 3, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bethesda, chief nurse, Hospital Corps School, Maryland, Mildred H. McAfee, Naval Medical Center, Sue Dauser, WAVES Director

First hospital corps school for the Navy’s Women’s Reserve at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, opened 12 January 1944,

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First Contingent of WAVES for Duty at Pearl Harbor

November 1, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments hawaii, Pearl Harbor, WAVES officers

First contingent of WAVES for duty at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. Shown (left to right): Lieutenant Junior Grade Dorothy

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Winner of Women’s Match at International Pistol Tournament

November 1, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments firearm, gun, pistol, tournament, WAVES officer

Lieutenant Junior Grade Ruth Schlucter, USNR, winner of the U.S. Service Women’s match at the 14th International Pistol Tournament at

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Navy Nurse Delivers Lecture at WAVES Hospital Corps School

November 1, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bethesda, Hospital Apprentice, Hospital Corps School, Maryland, navy nurse, patient, WAVES

WAVES Hospital Corps School hold open house for invited guests on their first anniversary in Bethesda, Maryland. A lecture on

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Navy WAVES 

WWII WAVES V-Mail Officer Inspects Microfilm

November 1, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments combat, duty, microfilm, washington dc, WAVES officer

Lieutenant Junior Grade Frances Rich, (left), of the Women’s Reserve, new V-Mail officer for the U.S. Navy in Washington, D.C.,

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