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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Examine Machine Gun on USS Mission Bay Tour

October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments 20mm gun, anti-aircraft machine gun, ship tour, USS Mission Bay, WWII WAVES

Several WAVES examine a 20mm anti-aircraft machine gun while visiting the USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) on 20 August 1944. Photo

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Sailors Get Hawaiian-Style Send-Off on USS Saratoga

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft carrier, discharge, flight deck, going home, hawaii, kisses, leis, Pearl Harbor, sailors, USS Saratoga

On the USS Saratoga (CV-3) on September 10, 1945, a mass Aloha takes place on the carrier’s flight deck in

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WAVES Marching Down Broadway in New York City

October 10, 2017October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Broadway, Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Medal of Honor, New York City, parade, veterans, WAVES marching

U.S. Navy WAVES march on lower Broadway in New York City in a parade honoring Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz

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Secretary of the Navy Reviews Enlisted WAVES

October 9, 2017October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, Captain Henry C. Gearing, commanding officer, enlisted WAVES, Frank Knox, Naval Training Station, Rear Admiral David W. Bagley, review, San Diego, Secretary of the Navy

Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox reviews enlisted WAVES during a visit to the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California,

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African-American WAVES Meet with Civilians in San Diego

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, California, civilians, Naval Operating Base, San Diego, WAVES

African-American WAVES meeting with a group of visiting civilians at the Naval Operating Base in San Diego, California, 21 June

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WAVES Pose With Captain on Bridge of USS Bundy

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments captain, Captain Lawrence Wainwright, commanding officer, hawaii, Pearl Harbor, USS General Omar Bundy, WAVES officers

WAVES officers pose on the navigation bridge of the USS General Omar Bundy (AP-152) with the ship’s Commanding Officer, Captain

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WAVES Yeoman Handles Registered Mail at Fleet Post Office

October 9, 2017October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, Fleet Post Office, pacific, recruiting poster, Registered Mail, San Francisco, yeoman

Yeoman 1st Class Marjorie Daw Adams, USNR(W), keeps record of official and diplomatic Registered Mail destined for the Pacific area,

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WAVES Yeoman Boards Transport Bound for Hawaii

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments duty station, hawaii, Pearl Harbor, shore leave, transport ship, yeoman

Yeoman 1st Class Josephine Adams, USNR(W), comes aboard the transport that will take her and other WAVES to their new

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WAVES March in Roosevelt Funeral Procession

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments enlisted WAVES, funeral procession, president roosevelt, washington dc, WAVES marching, WAVES officers

WAVES officers and enlisted personnel march in President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s funeral procession, Washington, D.C., 14 April 1945. Photo size:

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Frances Wills and Harriet Ida Pickens are Sworn In

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, Apprentice Seamen, Frances Wills, Harriet Ida Pickens, New York City, pioneer, WAVES officers

When the Navy decided to begin integrating African-American women into the WAVES program in October 1944, Frances Wills and Harriet

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