One destination for Navy WAVES? Naval Air Station Seattle. And mail call there was an eagerly awaited event. Women claiming their letters in 1943 include (front row) Vera Hoffman, Emma Rose Higgs, and Ida Sykes; and (back) Harriet Slottee, Lois Bailey, Norma Johanson, and Pollyanna Person.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 