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.
The Banquet is Set
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.
The Rally
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.
Sailing Party
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.
Strike a Pose, Again
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.
Strike a Pose
WAVE Patricia Campbell strikes a pose.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
Bowling Beauties
The run-up to the 2nd anniversary showed that WAVES worked and played. Here, Jacqueline Davis poses as the “pin girl” in the WAVES Quarters D bowling alley in Washington, DC.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
Reviewing the Guns
WAVES Jean Nempel, Melva Dolan, and Mary Alice look over the 20 mm. guns aboard one of the PTs in the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
Picture, Please!
The photo corps was out in force as the WAVES anniversary approached. Here Mary Baker makes a suggestion to Ruse Nudo at NAS Norfolk, Virginia.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
70,000 Strong
More than 70,000 women were on duty by the time the Navy celebrated the WAVES 2nd anniversary on July 30, 1944.
That included Evelyn Agrelius, Helen Tullose and Lucille Davis, who are checking and segregating horological instruments for the fleet at the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
Hinges of History 