WAVES drilling at the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. Note the drill sergeant giving instructions at the far left. The photo comes from the National Archives.
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The Drill
WAVES drilling at the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Inspection!
WAVES in their barracks await inspection at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 1943. The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Under Wing in Pasco
WAVES of the NAS in Pasco, Washington. January 19, 1943. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Smile!
WAVE Alice Larrick is attached to the Photo Lab of Berlin Field, auxiliary of the Naval Air Training Bases, Pensacola, Fla. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Shopping at Ship Service
WAVES in their private ship service at NATTC, Norman, Oklahoma, c. 1943. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Old Meets New
At right, Mrs. Sadie Flay, a WWI Yeomanette, compares her uniform with that of a SPARs’ from 1943. The Coast Guard SPAR is Lons McLellan.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
The Tools
The Navy caption for this 1943 photograph reads “My kitchen was never like this.”
In it, WAVE Ruth Potter gets a first look at the tools she’ll be using in her Machinist’s Mate training at Norman, Oklahoma. The photo comes from the National Archives.
January 10, 1943
Sunday morning breakfast for the WAVES at Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. seventy years ago today, January 10, 1943. WAVE commander Mildred McAfee greets a group of WAVES working in Washington.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Officer’s Hat
The WAVES officer’s hat. The WAVE uniform was designed by the couture designer Main Bocher. The photo comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 