This is another shot from the rally we posted about yesterday. Here, more than 4,000 attend the July 1943 rally in Washington, DC celebrating the 1st anniversary of the founding of the WAVES.
It comes from the National Archives.
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Birthday Edition
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!
And One Last Celebration…
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.
Happy 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.
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.
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