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Navy WAVES 

Group Photo of WAVES Mail Clerks of World War II

September 12, 2017October 7, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Air Mail section, Fleet Post Office, group photo, Mail Clerk, mail clerks, new york, WAVES, World War II

Group photo of WAVES mail clerks from the Fleet Post Office in New York during World War II. Photo is

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Official Navy WAVES Portrait of Mary H. Alexander

September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Atlanta Naval Air Station, Celestial Navigation, NAS Key West, Navy portrait, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, specialist

Official Navy WAVES portrait of Mary H. Alexander, Specialist (T) Teacher Link Trainer, First Class. Mary Alexander graduated from Celestial

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Navy Nurses 

Navy Flight Nurse Checks Over Medical Kit

September 12, 2017November 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments battlefield, Iwo Jima, Jane Kendeigh, medical supplies, Navy flight nurse, navy nurse, transport plane

Checking over her kit of medical supplies is Ensign Jane Kendeigh, USNR, a Navy flight nurse, as she flies from

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Checking Training Test Results at NAS Memphis

September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments classroom training, clerical staff, clerks, muster, NAS Memphis, school, training

A WAVES member is among the clerical staff checking training test results at the Naval Air Technical Training Center at

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Classroom Instruction at NAS Memphis Training Center

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments classroom training, communications, NAS Memphis, radar, radio, training center, WAVES officers

Classroom instruction at the Naval Air Technical Training Center at NAS Memphis. In addition to twenty-four weeks of training in

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WAVES Yeoman Exits Ship’s Gun Mount Door

September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments color photo, ship tour, twin gun mount, USS Missouri, World War II WAVES, yeoman

Yeoman Third Class Betty Martin exiting the rear door of a 5/38 twin gun mount on the USS Missouri (BB-63)

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WAVES and Sailors Check Out Classroom Training Materials

September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments classroom, NAS Memphis, sailors, training center, training materials, WAVES students

Students at the Naval Air Technical Training Center at NAS Memphis, including both WAVES and sailors, checking out classroom training

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WAVES Yeoman Transcribing With a Dictaphone

September 12, 2017September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Dictaphone, dictation, transcriber, WAVES, yeoman

World War II WAVES Yeoman transcribing dictation from Dictaphone. Photo size: 2791 × 2268 Photo source: Naval History and Heritage

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Air Navigation Instructor Shoots Stars with Bubble Sextant

September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments air navigation instructor, Air Navigator, bubble sextant, California, Camp Kearney, duty, Florida, Hollywood, Naval Auxiliary Air Station, octant, oklahoma, operational flight, Shawnee, WAVES officers

Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Jane M. Falls, USNR(W) gets ready to shoot the stars with a bubble sextant (or octant) on

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WAVES Recruits at Hospital Training School

September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bethesda, Maryland, Naval Hospital, Pharmacist's Mate, recruits, striker badges, swab, WAVES, WWII poster

WAVES recruits in the training school at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, enjoy a joke with one of

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