Navy WAVES

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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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Students on Parade at Naval Training School

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments color photo, flags, Georgia, Milledgeville, Naval Training School, parade, students, WAVES marching, yeoman

World War II WAVES students on parade at the Naval Training School (Yeoman-W) in Milledgeville, Georgia, during a Retreat ceremony

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Navy WAVES 

Making Training Films on Deep Sea Diving

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Anacostia, color photo, deep sea diving, illustrators, Photographic Laboratory, training film, Walt Disney, washington dc

At the Naval Photographic Laboratory in Anacostia, D.C., WAVES member Jean Selby makes celluloid transparencies for a training film on

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Leaving Class in Stillwater, Oklahoma

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Morrill Hall, Naval Training Center, oklahoma, raincoats, Stillwater, WAVES students

Wearing raincoats and havelocks, a group of WAVES leave class at Morrill Hall at the Naval Training Center in Stillwater,

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WAVES Color Guard at Naval Air Station Seattle

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments administration building, color guard, color photo, flags, Naval Air Station Seattle, Washington

WAVES color guard on parade outside the Administration Building at Naval Air Station Seattle, Washington, circa 1944-45. Photo size: 2311

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Navy WAVES 

Captain Mildred H. McAfee, USNR

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments captain, color photo, Mildred H. McAfee, US map, USNR, WAVES, women's reserve

Captain Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, was the wartime Director of the Women’s Reserve (WAVES). Photo size: 2324 × 3000 Photo

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Navy WAVES 

Two WAVES Washing a North American SNJ Training Plane

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft, Beech, color photo, Florida, Jacksonville, naval air station, SNJ training plane, washing

At the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida, two WAVES wash a North American SNJ training plane. This aircraft is

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Aircraft Mechanics Work on Training Plane

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanics, color photo, dungaree uniforms, dungarees, Florida, naval air station, Pensacola, Pratt & Whitney, radial engine, training plane, Whiting Field

WAVES aircraft mechanics dressed in dungaree uniforms, working on the Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp radial engine of a North

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Marines Navy WAVES 

Women Mechanics March to Their Work Area

October 8, 2017October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments airfield, color photo, floatplanes, flying boats, Navy WAVES, torpedo plane, women marines, Women mechanics

Women mechanics march to their work area, circa 1944-45. This group appears to include both Navy WAVES and Women Marines.

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