A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
Each month training facilities published their own newsletters. This is the July 1943 verision of Iowave, the base newsletter for the yeoman training facility at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls.
It comes from the archives at the University of Northern Iowa.
The July, 1943 edition of the WAVES Newsletter honors the WAVES 1-year anniversary.
The July, 1944 edition of the WAVES Newsletter features WAVE commander Mildred McAfee on the cover.
How about a stop in the soda shop for your summer Saturday? Here, WAVE Lillian Baker, a Link trainer instructor, shares a shod with Mike Yapp, a celestial Link instructor, at Ship’s Service NAS Seattle.
The 1944 photo comes from the National Archives.
Here’s another photo of the “Firecracker War Bond Booth,” this one in color, from June 26, 1944 (70 years ago this week), set up to sell War Bonds in advance of the July 4th holiday at Naval Air Station Seattle. The goal was to earn enough to fund two PT Boats; the boats cost about $300,000 each. 
The photo comes from the National Archives.
WAVES were part of War Bond Campaigns at bases around the nation. This one at the Naval Air Station in Seattle was dubbed the “Firecracker War Bond Booth.” Given that the photo was first published on June 26, 1944 (70 years ago today!), we wonder if it had anything to do with the upcoming July 4th holiday?
Here, Mary Lindenmuth and Mary Daily, two WAVE officers, buy the first bonds for sale at the booth. Lindenmuth was Executive Officer of the WAVES at NAS Seattle and Daily was the 13th Naval District Director of the WAVES.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
From the Navy caption of this photograph:
Good chow for the WAVES, and for all navy personnel – Livingston of Minneapolis stops for a helping of dessert from the ship’s cook.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
WAVES in Washington, DC, go aboard the ferry to commute to work.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
WAVE Marjorie Irwin, a Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd class, works on a gastric analysis in blood chemistry at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, California in May 1943.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
WAVE Mattie Hyde, a Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd class, takes a CBC (complete blood count) at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, California in May 1943.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 