The (landlocked) ship service at the Naval Air Training Command in Norman, OK. “Ship service” is the Navy term for store.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Reynard Honored
Elizabeth Reynard, who was tasked with organizing the training school (boot camp) at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York, was the first WAVE to receive a Naval decoration.
The newspaper clipping can be found in the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University.
January, 1945
The WAVES Newsletter from January 1945 (70 years ago this month) featured training with oxygen masks with WAVES and sailors.
January 1944
Aviation Machinist Mates make the cover of the WAVES Newsletter from January 1944.
1/1/1945
Happy 2015! This is the yearbook from Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls (now Northern Iowa University),where the WAVES had a training school.
It comes from the college’s Archives and Special Collections.
New Year’s Eve
What are you doing this New Year’s Eve? We’re guessing your routine isn’t as filled at this one for the WAVES at the training center in the Bronx on December 31, 1943. And they don’t even get to stay up to ring in the New Year!
The document comes from Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
Aloha!
Once WAVES touched down in Hawaii in early 1945, they got a big “Aloha” from the sailors on shore, as noted in this article from the WAVES Newsletter.
Setting Sail
While selected WAVE officers headed to the Hawaii assignment in late 1944, the bulk of WAVES wouldn’t set sail until early 1945. The procedure for women heading overseas is outlined in this article from the WAVES Newsletter.
Snap!
Smile for the camera! WAVE Ruth Edith O’Brien’s job for the Navy is a snap!
The 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives.
Drum Corps
Will you be watching any bowl game parades (our favorite is the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day)? Here, the WAVES drum corps stands at attention.
The 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 