Drills may have been indoors, but calisthenics were outside in February 1943 at NATTC, Norman, Oklahoma.
The Wayne Miller photo comes from the National Archives.
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Indoor Drills
Winter can be cold, and so the WAVES moved drills indoors, such as this February 1943 drill at NATTC, Norman, Oklahoma.
The Wayne Miller photo comes from the National Archives.
Pay Day
Pay day at boot camp, Iowa State Teacher’s College, Cedar Falls, February 1943.
The Wayne Miller photo comes from the National Archives.
Watching Carefully
WAVES in Washington, DC, hold a rally at the Washington Monument grounds. Rear Admiral F. L Reighmuth, Captain Mildred McAfee, Capt J. Howard Wellbrook and Lt. Frances Rich watch the rally.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
WAVES Rally
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.
Control Tower Operators
Control Tower Operators at Naval Air Station Norfolk keep tab on plane traffic using binoculars.
The color photograph comes from the National Archives.
Control Tower
Control Tower Operators at Naval Air Station Norfolk include WAVES.
The color photograph comes from the National Archives.
Code Class
Code Class is in session at the Radio School at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Note the clock: the instructor (foreground) is timing the rate of sending messages with his left hand.
The Howard Liberman photo comes from the National Archives.
Reynard Honored
Elizabeth Reynard, who was tasked with organizing the training school (boot camp) at Hunter College in the Bronx, New York, was the first WAVE to receive a Naval decoration.
The newspaper clipping can be found in the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, Harvard University.
January, 1945
The WAVES Newsletter from January 1945 (70 years ago this month) featured training with oxygen masks with WAVES and sailors.
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