The cover of the WAVES Newsletter from August 1943.
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And One Last Celebration…
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.
Happy 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.
Strike a Pose
WAVE Patricia Campbell strikes a pose.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
Bowling Beauties
The run-up to the 2nd anniversary showed that WAVES worked and played. Here, Jacqueline Davis poses as the “pin girl” in the WAVES Quarters D bowling alley in Washington, DC.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
Reviewing the Guns
WAVES Jean Nempel, Melva Dolan, and Mary Alice look over the 20 mm. guns aboard one of the PTs in the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
70,000 Strong
More than 70,000 women were on duty by the time the Navy celebrated the WAVES 2nd anniversary on July 30, 1944.
That included Evelyn Agrelius, Helen Tullose and Lucille Davis, who are checking and segregating horological instruments for the fleet at the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC.
The photo comes from the National Archives and was published to coincide with the WAVES 2nd anniversary.
Ice Cream Saturday
Continuing our look at photos released in conjunction with the WAVES 2nd anniversary 70 years ago, July 30, 1944, is this bit of coolness for your Summer Saturday.
In it, Eddie and Esther Kosalski grab a cone in the Ship Service Store at WAVE Quarters D in Washington DC.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Sending Signals
WAVE Specialist second class Jane Rockman aims a spotlight at an incoming plane to flash landing signal from the Control Tower at NAS Norfolk, Virginia.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
July 15, 1943
Winifred Quick would rise to a position of leadership in the Navy, but as this letter from July 15, 1943 shows, she wasn’t always so certain about putting on a uniform.
The letter is held by the special collections at the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
Hinges of History 