Here, WAVES Lt. Commander Mildred McAfee inspects the WAVES on duty at the NAS Brooklyn with Captain Newton White.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
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Inspection of Personnel
WAVES Lt. Commander Mildred McAfee inspects personnel at NAS Brooklyn in July 1943. She’s joined by Captain Newton White.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Mail Specialists
Get your mail! WAVES pick up their mail at the naval post office at WAVES Quarters D in Washington, DC from (left to right) Ruth Carter, Patricia V. Campbell, and Marion Eastman.
The 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Navy, Part II
This is the second two page spread the Old Gold dedicated to the work of the Navy at Iowa State Teacher’s College. The yearbook focused in this section on the WAVES’ daily routine.
The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.
The Navy
The Old Gold dedicated two, two page spreads to the work of the Navy at Iowa State Teacher’s College. The yearbook began with the first days the WAVES arrived in November of 1942.
The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.
The Army Too
In all of our discussion of the WAVES at the Iowa State Teacher’s College, it’s important to remember that Army men trained there too. Here, the Old Gold, the yearbook from the Iowa State Teacher’s College, tells us about an “average” day for the Army cadets.
The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.
WAVES at Work
The Old Gold, the yearbook from the Iowa State Teacher’s College, followed the WAVES through all aspects of their training regimen, including some of the more mundane daily tasks like filing.
The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.
Spring Training
The Old Gold, the yearbook from the Iowa State Teacher’s College, found another difference as the WAVE boot camp transformed into a Yeoman training facility in Spring 1943: the better weather meant the women were using the quads outdoors for their marching drills.
The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.
Yeoman School
By Spring of 1943, the WAVES boot camp at Cedar Falls had been transformed into a yeoman training facility. And Old Gold, the yearbook for the Iowa State Teacher’s College, found them “smart, snappy, and plenty neat.”
The yearbooks come from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.
The Officers
Navy officers who ran the training facilities on the campus of Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls.
The 1943 edition of the Old Gold yearbook comes from the archives and special collections at the University of Northern Iowa.
Hinges of History 