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.
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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.
Tennis, Anyone?
Part of the build up to the WAVES 2nd Anniversary on July 30, 1944? Making sure the WAVES were in the news.
So on July 20th, 1944, the Navy held an exhibition tennis match with two pros: South American Francisco Segura and American William Talbert. They kindly posed with a couple of WAVES-in-training after the match was over.
This photograph was published in the WAVES Newsletter.
Two Years Old
Strike up the band! July 30, 1944 would be the 2nd anniversary of the WAVES, and the Navy sent out dozens of photographs to mark the occasion. We’ll take a look at some here on our blog in the days leading up to the anniversary.
This photograph comes from NAS Seattle, where the WAVES drum corps is marching to celebrate the day. It comes from the National Archives.
The Gun Turret
WAVE Gladys McCullough shows 2 visiting WAVES to NAS NOLA how a PRY gun turret works during the station’s open house for the WAVES second anniversary in 1943. It comes from the National Archives.
Prepping a Prop
Visitors to the WAVES’ open houses were sometimes other WAVES. In this photo from the National Archives, visiting WAVES are shown how to prepare a “prop” for service, during the second anniversary celebrations at NAS New Orleans in 1943.
Packing a ‘Chute
In this photo from the National Archives, two enlisted WAVES at NAS NOLA pack a parachute during an open house held as part of the WAVES 2nd anniversary celebration in 1942. Everyone in the audience is paying close attention to the audience, except for the little girl in the lower right, who noticed the presence of a camera.
Hospital Ward
Imagine being WAVE Harriet Stewart! She’s the woman on the hospital bed (lower right) under covers , playing “sick” for a demonstration during the open house at the first anniversary of the WAVES in 1943. The open house for invited guests by the WAVES hospital corps school. Ensign Dorothy Smith is addressing the class on the technique of giving proper care to a bed patient is delivered. The photo comes from the National Archives.
On Display
The WAVES anniversary celebrations offered more than just cake, marching and excursions for the women. WAVES also did informational displays for visitors during the anniversary, such as this in this National Archives photograph, where WAVE Anna Martinez shows visitors a photo mural made at NAS NOLA during open house on the WAVES second birthday in 1943.
Hinges of History 