Here’s a sample of the type of barracks where WAVES lived. This facility is from Washington, DC.
The photo 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!
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.
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.
10 Week Course
WAVES learned all sorts of things during the 10-week course in celestial navigation, which began in 1944. Here, Waneta Miller learns how to handle a sextant, an arced device used to measure distances between objects and altitude in navigation.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Celestial Navigation
In 1944, the Navy began a new specialty: celestial navigation for Link trainer instructors. The 10-week course was held at the NAS Seattle, Washington.
In this photo, Ruthe Ingerslew, Patricia Baldwin, and Sally King study the earth’s rotation to, as the Navy put it, “the celestial sphere” (aka the stars).
It comes from the National Archives.
Happy July 4th!
WAVE Mary Elizabeth Ways strikes a patriotic post in the 1943 photograph.
We we you and yours a happy and safe holiday!
July 1944
The July, 1944 edition of the WAVES Newsletter features WAVE commander Mildred McAfee on the cover.
Radio Lab
Ensign Helen Shepard, shown with Chief J.W. Nussbaumer, studies a machine in the radio laboratory at the NAS Squantum, Massachusetts.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 