At the NAS in Seattle, 1943, WAVES celebrated the first anniversary of the WAVES with songs and lollipops. The photo comes from the National Archives.
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What WAVES Do
On the first anniversary of the establishment of the WAVES, this comic was published staking out their history. Take a look at the last milestone: by July 30, 1943, there were 27,000 women in the service. By the end of the war, nearly 100,000 would have served as WAVES.
This comes from the Schelsinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
Cutting the Cake
This 1944 image is from a celebrating marking the second anniversary of the founding of the WAVES. In it, Captain Johnson (left) and Lt. Dyer cut the WAVES birthday cake at NAS Miami.
It comes from the National Archives.
Happy Birthday, WAVES
It was 70 years ago today, July 30, 1942, that the WAVES became a division of the U.S. Navy. This photo shows WAVES at the Naval Hospital, Camp Le Jeune in North Carolina, cutting the WAVES birthday cake on the third anniversary in 1945.
From left to right: Monica Moran, Angela Donahue, Dorothy Neuner, Rebecca Daniel, Muriel Foss, Florence Cutler, Dorothy Davison, Catherine Schuelke, Christine Berron and Catherine Rodgers.
The photo come from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 