Watching a repeat of The New Adventures of Wonder Woman and saw what appeared to be a WAVE uniform.
Sure enough, Diana Prince (aka Wonder Woman) was a Navy Yeoman during her undercover job in World War II.
Tag Archives: WAVES
Susan Ahn Cuddy
WAVE Susan Ahn Cuddy was a trailblazer during her years in the Navy. The first Korean American WAVE, and first Korean American WAVE officer, she worked as a gunnery instructor before moving into Naval Intelligence.
You can read her story in the book Willow Tree Shade and see it in our film.
This is a preview of her story – taken from the film.
The sneak peek is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.
Helen Edgar Gilbert
WAVE Helen Edgar Gilbert is one of those women often described as a “pistol.” She wrote the book “Okay, Girls, Man Your Bunks,” and didn’t hold back in the multiple interviews we did with her for this project and our film.
Here’s a preview of her story – taken from the film.
The sneak peek is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.
The Assignments
We continue our interview with Betty Bruns Lord and Lois Jean Linder, conducted in 2007.
Here, they talk about their assignments, and the reaction of their families their enlisting.
Their story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.
Uniform Requirements
We continue our interview with Betty Bruns Lord and Lois Jean Linder, conducted in 2007.
Here, they talk about the Navy uniforms.
Their story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.
Betty Bruns Lord and Lois Jean Linder
Best friends Betty Bruns Lord and Lois Jean Linder met after the war. We interviewed them together in a Boston suburb in 2007.
They talk about the regimentation in the Navy.
Their story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.
Myrtle Bean Reese
Northampton, Massachusetts, native Myrtle Bean saw WAVES officers training at Smith College, and was inspired to enlist in 1944.
Her story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.
Doris Marquez
It took enlisting in the WAVES to get Doris Marquez to leave her home state of Indiana.
Her story is part of our month of video countdown to the home video release of Homefront Heroines: The WAVES of World War II.
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.
Hinges of History 