Joy Bright Hancock, who would become a captain with the Navy.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
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Plotting Coordinates
Have you ever been to Treasure Island? These WAVES are tracking aircraft positions at the San Francisco Bay base.
Helping Hand
WAVE Dolores Perpente, a Pharmacist’s Mate, helps Ensign Lucille Beane of the Navy Nurse Corps, dressing the wound of an Iowa Jima veteran.
Bridge, Anyone?
WAVES play bridge in Bartlett Hall at the boot camp in Iowa State Teacher’s College, Cedar Falls. Iowa State Teacher’s College (now Northern Iowa University) transitioned to a yeoman training facility in February 1943.
The Wayne Miller photograph 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.
Ship Service
The (landlocked) ship service at the Naval Air Training Command in Norman, OK. “Ship service” is the Navy term for store.
The 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.
Hinges of History 