Monthly Archives: August 2019

Storekeeper 3rd Class, Sharlene Osler, models the new uniforms for the Women’s Reserve. The new stitches consist of dungaree slacks and a chambray shirt, replacing the present aviation coverall worn by the members of the Reserve.

In the above photograph, the WAVE operator of the International Business Machine is seen inputting data into the computer. WWII was seminal in the development of the modern computer, the military was at the cutting edge of computer processing for most of the 20th century.

Mrs. Sadie Flay Yeomanette of WWI compares her old uniform to that of the WAVES and SPARS of the present conflict during a recruiting tour in Arizona. I think it’s clear who has the better gear of the two.

The WAVES hospital corps schools holds an open house for invited guests on their first anniversary in Bethesda, Maryland. In the above photograph, a lecture on the technique of giving proper care to a bed patient is delivered by Ens. Dorothy Smith — Harriet Stewart has the enviable assignment of playing the patient.

Naval photographer, Ruth Edith O’Brien, is pictured above taking a ‘snap’ of some of the activity at the Naval Air Station in Quonset, Rhode Island. Gotcha!