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Coast Guard Navy WAVES 

WAVES and SPARS Take Oath of Enlistment

December 1, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments enlistment, new recruits, New York City, oath, SPARS, WAVES

Prospective WAVES and SPARS take the oath of enlistment in a ceremony held in front of New York City Hall,

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Navy WAVES 

Celebrating the Last Night in the WAVES

November 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Cafe Zanzibar, celebration, cigarettes, New York City, restaurant, smoking, WAVES

Three WAVES celebrating their last night in the service at Cafe Zanzibar at Broadway & 49th in New York City,

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Navy WAVES Red Cross 

Red Cross Serving Chow to Hunter College WAVES

October 11, 2017November 3, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bronx, chow, Coast Guard SPARS, Hunter College, Naval Training Center, navy, New York City, Red Cross

First chow is served by the Red Cross at the Hunter College campus of the U.S. Naval Training Center, Women’s

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Navy WAVES 

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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Navy WAVES 

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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Navy WAVES 

Harriet Ida Pickens Sworn in as Apprentice Seaman

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments african american, apprentice seaman, Columbia University, Harriet Ida Pickens, New York City, pioneer, swearing in, WAVES officer

Harriet Ida Pickens, a public health administrator with a Master’s Degree in Political Science from Columbia University, is sworn in

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Navy WAVES 

Twin Sisters Talk With a WAVE at Hunter College

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bronx, commissioning ceremonies, Hunter College, Naval Training School, New York City, recruiting poster, twin sisters, twins, WAVES poster

Twin sisters Ann Louise Budnick and Jule Louise Budnick talk with a WAVE while en route to commissioning ceremonies for

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Posters 

Don’t Miss Your Great Opportunity WAVES Recruiting Poster

September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments John Falter, Manhattan, New York City, recruiting poster, WAVES poster

WWII WAVES Recruiting Poster: “Don’t Miss Your Great Opportunity – The Navy Needs You in the WAVES”, featuring two WAVES

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Navy WAVES 

Mildred McAfee at Female Officer Commissioning Ceremony

September 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Coast Guard, Coast Guard SPARS, Commissioning Ceremony, Hunter College, La Guardia, Mildred McAfee, Navy WAVES, New York City, Rear Admiral Randall Jacobs, training school

Commissioning ceremony at the new training school for female Navy (WAVES) and Coast Guard (SPARS) officers located at Hunter College

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Coast Guard Navy WAVES 

WAVES and SPARS Directors Witness Oathtaking Ceremony

August 28, 2017December 1, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Coast Guard SPARS, Dorothy Stratton, enlistment ceremony, McAfee, Mildred McAfee, Navy WAVES, New York City, SPARS Director, Stratton, WAVES Director

Lieutenant Commander Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, Director of the WAVES (left), and Lieutenant Commander Dorothy Stratton, USCGR, Director of the

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