A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
Dorothy J. Baroch, aerologist’s mate 3rd class, of Denver, operates a theodilite and weather balloon at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos. This photo comes from the National Archives.
Ethel E. Helter, aerologist’s mate 2/c, keeps tab on a weather recording instrument at Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos. This photo comes from the National Archives.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, USN, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean areas, photographed in Washington, DC in March 1945
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos. This photo comes from the National Archives.
At the photographic lab, Naval Air Station Norfolk, motion picture titles are made in this room where a WAVES artist prepares backgrounds and lettering for shooting by the cameramen at the left.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos.
This photo comes from the National Archives.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos.
In this image, we see a WAVE Link Trainer Instructor gives pointers to an officer checking out in the Navy’s flight simulation training device at Naval Air Station Norfolk.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
The cover of the WAVES Newsletter from August 1943.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Hinges of History 