A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos.
In this image, we see a WAVE Link Trainer Instructor gives pointers to an officer checking out in the Navy’s flight simulation training device at Naval Air Station Norfolk.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
The cover of the WAVES Newsletter from August 1943.
The August issue of the Havelock, one of the WAVES publications, wasn’t going to let the anniversary pass without a mention. It’s a special birthday edition!
Remember that photo we shared a few days ago to kick off our discussion of the WAVES 2nd anniversary? Look closely… it may be making a repeat appearance in this montage from NAS Seattle.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
And you can’t have a birthday without some cake! This one weighs 125 pounds. It was for the WAVES 1st anniversary, July 30. 1943.
Happy birthday to the WAVES, founded on this day in 1942.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
It would be a “sumptuous” banquet, according to the Navy, at this anniversary celebration at NTS San Diego.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
More than 10,000 WAVES attended this rally at the Washington Monument to celebrate their 2nd anniversary on July 30, 1944. After they assembled, they marched over the hill to the Sylvan Theater.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Even the Naval Academy joined in the celebrations for the 2nd birthday of the WAVES. Here a group a sailor and WAVES go out on what the Navy calls a “sailing party” – though it looks the the boats are propelled by engines to us!
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
Yesterday we showed you a solo photograph of Patricia Campbell. Here, the WAVE poses with a fellow member of the Women’s Reserve, Mary Lee Graham (on the left) by the Lincoln Memorial.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
WAVE Patricia Campbell strikes a pose.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
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