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Virginia Gillmore

World War II started while WAVE Virginia Gillmore was in college, and she decided to enlist in the Navy. Here, she talks about her experiences.

Her story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Mary Bingham

WAVE Mary Bingham talks about enlisting in the WAVES and serving in the Navy.

Her story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Edna Jean Clark

Oregon WAVE Edna Jean Clark was one of the earliest women to join the Navy during World War II. She would become a teacher after the war.

Her story is a part of our month of videos, a countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Betty Jane Ashcraft Fisher

Betty Jane Ashcraft Fisher was the youngest Coast Guard SPAR in World War II. She was the youngest in her boot camp class (the last for the SPARs), which was in progress when the war ended.

Her story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Liane Rose Galvin

Aerographer (meteorologist) Liane Rose Galvin talks about her WAVE experiences.

It’s part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Dorothy Turnbull Stewart

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.

Margaret Anderson Thorngate

We continue our month of videos with Margaret Anderson Thorngate, whose story about painting the USS Missouri starts our film.

A WAVE’s Memories

This Navy WAVE asked that her name not be used. She recalls her experiences in the Navy in an interview from 2007.

It’s part of our month of videos in our lead up to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Anna Fogelman

Anna Fogelman is one of the women interviewed for the larger Homefront Heroines project, but she is not featured in the film. You do hear her voice in one segment.

This is her story.

This is part of our month of video, a countdown to the release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II for home video.

The Uniforms

We’re continuing our month of videos here at Hinges of History, as a countdown to our DVD and streaming release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.

Today, WAVES talk about the appeal of their uniforms.