EXTRA!!! EXTRA!!!! Here are the headlines from July 14, 1944 in the Iowave, the base newsletter of the WAVES Yeoman facility in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The newspaper comes from the archives and special collections of the University of Northern Iowa.
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Cleanup!
For Field Day, WAVE Josephine Brauch cleans the windows at the WAVES quarters at NAS Seattle, Washington.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
71 Years Ago
This photograph from July 12, 1943 is of the last Captain’s inspection of the first graduating class of WAVES at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma.
Ensign Fitting is doing the inspection, while platoon leader Stroud follows close behind (no first names given).
The photo comes from the National Archives.
3-D Sphere
From the Navy caption of this 1944 photograph at Celestial Navigation:
Hilda Olson, Sp (T) 2c; Doris Propst, Sp (T) 2c and Joanna Bailey, SP (T) 2c, are given celestial theory instruction with the three-dimensial celestial sphere demonstrator by instructor Robert K. Rice AMM2c.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Cellestial Navigator
During the 10-week Celestial Navigation course at NAS Seattle, WAVE instructors got a chance to practice “flights” in the navigator itself. Left to right are: Irena Aide (navigator), Linnea Peterson (instructor), Jane Hall (radio operator), and Elinor Johnson (pilot). The Navy began using Celestial Navigation in 1944.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Desk Duties
In the Link trainer, the instructor sits at a desk while the “pilot” goes into a flight simulator. In this photo from 1944, Hannah Barnes and Elizabeth Ripley practice the new desk techniques when using the new machine for celestial navigation during their 10-week training at NAS Seattle.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
10 Week Course
WAVES learned all sorts of things during the 10-week course in celestial navigation, which began in 1944. Here, Waneta Miller learns how to handle a sextant, an arced device used to measure distances between objects and altitude in navigation.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Celestial Navigation
In 1944, the Navy began a new specialty: celestial navigation for Link trainer instructors. The 10-week course was held at the NAS Seattle, Washington.
In this photo, Ruthe Ingerslew, Patricia Baldwin, and Sally King study the earth’s rotation to, as the Navy put it, “the celestial sphere” (aka the stars).
It comes from the National Archives.
A Salute
A salute to end this Fourth of July weekend from WAVE Ruth Meyer.
The c. 1943 photograph comes from the National Archives.
Statue of Liberty
WAVES on liberty from boot camp in the Bronx, New York, visit the statue of liberty, c. 1943. It seemed an appropriate photo this Fourth of July weekend. Hope your holiday is fabulous!
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 