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WAC Scores a Run at Tyndall Field

October 28, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WACs, Florida, Navy WAVES, recreation, softball, spectators, Tyndall Field

Army WAC scores a run during a softball game at Tyndall Field in Florida during World War II, while spectators

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WACs and WAVES Play Softball at Tyndall Field

October 28, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WACs, Florida, Navy WAVES, recreation, softball, Tyndall Field

Army WACS and Navy WAVES play softball at Tyndall Field in Florida during World War II. The WAVES win the

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Army WACs Navy WAVES 

WAC Softball Players at Tyndall Field

October 28, 2017February 18, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WACs, Florida, Navy WAVES, recreation, softball, Tyndall Field

Army WAC softball players gather at Tyndall Field in Florida during World War II, for a game in which they

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Navy WAVES 

Girls Behind the Man Behind the Gun

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments ammunition, Florida, Gunners School, Hollywood, instructors, machine gun, target range

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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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Working on SBD Dauntless Aircraft

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanics, assembly and repair department, Aviation Machinist's Mate, Aviation Metalsmith, Florida, Jacksonville, naval air station, seaman

WAVES Aviation Metalsmiths and Aviation Machinist’s Mates (AMM) working on an SBD Dauntless aircraft in the Assembly and Repair Department

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WAVES Aviation Machinist’s Mates in Jacksonville, Florida

October 10, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aircraft mechanics, Aviation Machinist's Mate, Florida, Jacksonville, mechanics, naval air station, Pratt & Whitney, radial engine, seaman, SNJ training plane

WAVES Aviation Machinist’s Mates (AMM) working on a SNJ training plane and its Pratt & Whitney R-1340 radial engine at

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WAVES Arrive on Bus in Banana River, Florida

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Banana River, bus, Florida, naval air station, WAVES

WAVES debarking from a bus upon their arrival at Naval Air Station, Banana River, Florida, 21 February 1944. Photo size:

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WAVES in Chill Chamber Put On Oxygen Masks

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments chill chamber, flight gear, Florida, Jacksonville, main dispensary, naval air station, oxygen masks, WAVES

At Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, WAVES dressed in leather flight gear put on oxygen masks in preparation for an

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Adjust Oxygen Masks in Low Pressure Chamber

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments dispensary, Florida, Jacksonville, low pressure chamber, naval air station, oxygen masks

WAVES in the low pressure chamber at the main dispensary at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, during a special run,

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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Receive Briefing in Chill Chamber

October 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments briefing, chill chamber, dispensary, Florida, Jacksonville, leather flight suits, naval air station, training, WAVES

At the main dispensary at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, Florida, three WAVES receive a briefing in preparation for an indoctrination

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