World War II

Navy Nurses 

Navy Nurses Attend to Exhausted Serviceman

October 31, 2017January 15, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Dorothy Still, Navy nurses, patient, World War II

U.S. Navy Nurses Lieutenant Dorothy Still, NC, USNR, and Lieutenant Elden E. Paige, NC, USNR, attend to an exhausted military

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Navy WAVES 

Women Marines and WAVES Visiting the USS Tripoli

October 11, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments ship tour, USS Tripoli, WAVES, women marines, World War II

WAVES and women Marines visiting the USS TRIPOLI (CVE-64) on 2 January 1944. Photo size: 3000 × 2395 Photo source:

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Navy WAVES 

Seaman 2nd Class ‘Mans’ the Switchboard

October 9, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments seaman, Switchboard Operator, washington dc, WAVES quarters, World War II

Seaman 2nd Class Mary Garrell, USNR(W), mans the switchboard at WAVES Quarters D, Washington, D.C., August 1943. Photo size: 3000

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Navy WAVES 

Parade in Honor of Fleet Admiral Nimitz

September 12, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Navy WAVES, parade, Pennsylvania Avenue, washington dc, WAVES Band, World War II

Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, returns triumphant to Washington, D.C. at the end of World War II. Here, Navy

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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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Navy WAVES 

WAVES Go Bowling During Their Off-Duty Time

September 3, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments bowling, off-duty, recreation, WAVES, World War II

Off-duty WAVES enjoy a round of bowling at a World War II recreation facility, circa 1944. Photo size: 3000 ×

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Aircraft Workers 

Aviation Worker Touches Up Bomber Insignia

January 19, 2017January 25, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army air forces, aviation worker, civilian worker, dive bomber, Vultee Aircraft, World War II

A candid view of one of the women workers touching up the U.S. Army Air Forces insignia on the side

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