Admiral Ernest J. King and Captain Mildred McAfee open a rally with WAVES, via a nationwide broadcast on CBS Radio.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
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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.
On the Radio
WAVE Genevieve Sullivan speaks on the radio at the WAVES Training School, Hunter College, the Bronx, New York in late 1943.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Radio Class
This image appeared with the story about training in radio in the December 1943 edition of the WAVES News Letter. WAVES trained at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The newsletter comes from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
A Heavenly Choir
WAVE Ann Atridge leads a group of WAVES at the radio training school in Madison, Wisconsin, in rehearsal for their weekly radio broadcasts on a local radio station.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Code Class
Code class is in session at the radio school for WAVES, located on the University of Wisconsin, Madison, campus. The instructor (in the background) carefully times his messages for the WAVES, each in her own headsets and equipment.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Careful Timing
Radio coding class is in session, in this photograph from the National Archives. The University of Wisconsin Madison was one of the first training centers for WAVES to open, beginning in October of 1942.
In this photo, the instructor (in the foreground) carefully times his rate of sending coded messages with his timer, which is in his left hand.
Radio Coding
WAVES at the University of Madison in Madison, Wisconsin, learned how to code and decode radio messages – both friend and foe. Here, a WAVE is practicing with the equipment.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Classroom Coding
A sea of young women in headsets – that was typical of how WAVES learned the skill of radio coding at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, one of the first training schools that opened for WAVES in fall of 1942.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Madison, WI part 2
In this photograph from the National Archives, WAVES are marching behind the flag bearer at the Radio School at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Hinges of History 