Women Marines and WAVES Visiting the USS Tripoli
WAVES and women Marines visiting the USS TRIPOLI (CVE-64) on 2 January 1944. Photo size: 3000 × 2395 Photo source:
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WAVES Kiss Sailors Goodbye on USS Saratoga
WAVES kiss sailors during a “Back to the States” party on the flight deck of USS SARATOGA (CV-3) at Pearl
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WAVES and Women Marines Visit USS Tripoli
WAVES and women Marines visiting the USS Tripoli (CVE-64), January 1944. Photo size: 3000 × 2397 Photo source: Naval History
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Frances D. Hanusik, SKC
Frances D. Hanusik, SKC, was one of the first WAVES promoted to the rank of chief, circa 1944. Photo size:
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WAVES Specialists Study Link Celestial Navigation
WAVES Specialists study Link Celestial Navigation ‘Celestial pathfinders’ for other WAVES to follow. 70 Specialists (Teachers) of the Women’s Reserve
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WAVES Students Take Practice Flight in Celestial Trainer
WAVES specialists taking 10-week course at Navy Link Celestial Navigation schools at two widely-separated Naval Air Stations – Quonset Point,
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Girls Behind the Man Behind the Gun
Draped with belts of .50-calibre ammunition, Florence Johnston, Specialist (G) Third Class (left), and Rosamund Small, Specialist (G) Third Class,
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Secretary of the Navy Reviews WAVES Officers
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox reviews WAVES officers during a visit to the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California,
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WAVES Mail Clerk Rewraps a Package for Overseas Shipment
Mailman 3rd Class Margery Van Dyke, USNR(W), rewraps and readdresses a package that arrived for overseas shipment in a condition
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Ensign Wills and LT(jg) Pickens Packing After Graduation
Ensign Frances Wills (right) helps Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Harriet Ida Pickens pack her suitcase, following their graduation from the Naval
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