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Navy WAVES 

Former Nurse Dolores Czarnecki of the WAVES

November 3, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Navy WAVES, Norman, oklahoma, training center

WAVE Dolores Czarnecki, shown here in February 1943 at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Norman, Oklahoma, was a

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Women Marines Unfold Wing Section

November 1, 2017February 26, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments airplane wing, Norman, oklahoma, school, training center, women marines

Two members of the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve in training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, unfold

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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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Navy WAVES 

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 Lowering an Airplane Engine Onto a Block

August 29, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments airplane engine, mechanics, oklahoma, training school, WAVES trainees

WAVES at the Naval Training School in Norman, Oklahoma, lower an airplane engine onto a block, July 1943. Photo size:

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WAVES Aviation Metalsmith School Graduates

March 6, 2017February 26, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments aviation metalsmiths, oklahoma, training center, WWII WAVES

Members of the first class of WAVES to graduate from the Aviation Metalsmith School, at the Naval Air Technical Training

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