WAVES Get Tour of USS Mission Bay Pilothouse
WAVES visiting the USS Mission Bay (CVE-59) in August 1944 receive a tour of the ship’s pilothouse from two of
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WAVES Go Bowling During Their Off-Duty Time
Off-duty WAVES enjoy a round of bowling at a World War II recreation facility, circa 1944. Photo size: 3000 ×
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WAVES Relaxing in Their Quarters
WAVES relaxing in their room at Quarters D, Washington, D.C., circa 1944. One is reading a copy of Our Navy
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WAVES Petty Officers Wearing New Rating Badges
WAVES Petty Officers wearing their new rating badges after completion of specialized training, circa 1943. Rates represented in this group
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WAVES Receive Their Mail
Three World War II WAVES receive their mail from Postmistress Mrs. Jan Phillips, circa 1944. Photo size: 3000 × 2415
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Two WAVES Looking Out Gun Mount Door
Two WAVES look out through the armored rear door of a 5/38 twin gun mount on the USS Missouri (BB-63)
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WAVES Visiting the USS Missouri
WAVES visiting the USS Missouri in an east coast port, during her shakedown period, circa August 1944. They are standing
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WAVES Telegrapher Checks Monitor Tape Messages
Both speedy and accurate are the WAVES who ‘man’ Naval Communications at Washington, D.C., the heart of the Navy’s far-flung
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WAVES Play Santa at Bethesda Naval Hospital
WAVES of the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts help wrap Christmas presents for Navy and Marine Corps convalescents at the
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WAVES Master Escape Hatch During Physical Training
Though they don’t serve aboard ships, WAVES must master the intricacies of the ‘escape hatch’ to develop coordination and endurance
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