For Field Day, WAVE Josephine Brauch cleans the windows at the WAVES quarters at NAS Seattle, Washington.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
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71 Years Ago
This photograph from July 12, 1943 is of the last Captain’s inspection of the first graduating class of WAVES at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma.
Ensign Fitting is doing the inspection, while platoon leader Stroud follows close behind (no first names given).
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Desk Duties
In the Link trainer, the instructor sits at a desk while the “pilot” goes into a flight simulator. In this photo from 1944, Hannah Barnes and Elizabeth Ripley practice the new desk techniques when using the new machine for celestial navigation during their 10-week training at NAS Seattle.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Celestial Navigation
In 1944, the Navy began a new specialty: celestial navigation for Link trainer instructors. The 10-week course was held at the NAS Seattle, Washington.
In this photo, Ruthe Ingerslew, Patricia Baldwin, and Sally King study the earth’s rotation to, as the Navy put it, “the celestial sphere” (aka the stars).
It comes from the National Archives.
A Salute
A salute to end this Fourth of July weekend from WAVE Ruth Meyer.
The c. 1943 photograph comes from the National Archives.
July 1943
The July, 1943 edition of the WAVES Newsletter honors the WAVES 1-year anniversary.
Soda Saturday
How about a stop in the soda shop for your summer Saturday? Here, WAVE Lillian Baker, a Link trainer instructor, shares a shod with Mike Yapp, a celestial Link instructor, at Ship’s Service NAS Seattle.
The 1944 photo comes from the National Archives.
Chow Time
From the Navy caption of this photograph:
Good chow for the WAVES, and for all navy personnel – Livingston of Minneapolis stops for a helping of dessert from the ship’s cook.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
All Aboard!
WAVES in Washington, DC, go aboard the ferry to commute to work.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Blood Testing
WAVE Marjorie Irwin, a Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd class, works on a gastric analysis in blood chemistry at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, California in May 1943.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 