The First to Arrive

Lt. Elizabeth Boland (left) greets Lt. Eleanor Denton Rich as Lt. Cmdr. Wilson McCandless looks on. Rich was the first member of the WAVES to arrive at the Women’s Reserve Naval Training School at Smith College in Northampton, MA.

The photograph comes from the National Archives.

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TaylorCatProductions is a full service production company located in Boulder County, Colorado. Our films include "Pin Up! The Movie," "Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II," "Ghost Resort," and "Backstretch."

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