A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
On this Memorial Day, we offer a salute to the men and women who have served, and those who have died in service to our country.
This photograph, circa 1943, shows WAVES at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York, saluting the flag. It comes from the National Archives.
Readers of our blog are familiar with WAVE Dorothy Turnbull Stewart, who served as a recruiter in Texas.
Today, you can hear from her via our month of videos, a countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.
Henderson Hall, Women’s Marines Barracks, Arlington, VA. The Women’s Marines fell under Navy jurisdiction during the war, but had different leadership and uniforms than the WAVES. They did at times train at the same facilities.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
The WAVES Newsletter announcement of a new WAVES garrison cap, effective January 15, 1945.
Aircraft Machinists Mates (WAVES and sailors) alongside an aircraft engine.
The photo comes from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University.
The theatrical poster for the film Here Come the WAVES, filmed in cooperation with the US Navy and released in December 1944.
Best wishes to you and your family!
Here’s the menu from Thanksgiving Day, 1944 at the Fleet Service Schools in Norfolk.
The menu is a part of the collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
As you’re getting prepped for all of the food, family and fun tomorrow, here’s a vintage-tidbit from Thanksgiving 1943. It comes from the Navy History and Heritage Command courtesy the U.S. Naval Repair Base in San Diego.
Getting ready for Thursday? How about this tidbit from the Navy History and Heritage Command from Thanksgiving 1944 at the Amphibious Training Center in San Francisco?
WAVE Mary P. Waters and Lt. William J. Sweeney check guns and other ordinance aboard ships at Bethlehem-Hingham, Massachusetts.
The November 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives
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Hinges of History 