The WAVES Newsletter announcement of a new WAVES garrison cap, effective January 15, 1945.
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The Control Tower
Moving from training to doing, as we continue aviation week. In this c. 1945 photograph, WAVES talk to pilots from the flight control tower.
The photo was published in the WAVES Newsletter, and it comes from the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University.
Photo Duty
Hey, there, photographer Marjorie Sellers! Say, “cheese!” Sellers was one of two WAVES on photo duty at NAS Seattle. Here she’s working in the photo lab.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Letters Home
In this 1943 photograph, WAVES Jane Rosenbaum, June Davis and Thelma Stretch (left to right) do their laundry and write letters at night in the room at Yeoman School in Stillwater Oklahoma.
The photo by Wayne Miller comes from the National Archives.
Leaving So Soon?
These sailors don’t seem to be too happy about what’s happening. Are the WAVES leaving? They have suitcases in tow in this August 1944 photograph.
It comes from the National Archives.
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.
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.
Cleanup!
For Field Day, WAVE Josephine Brauch cleans the windows at the WAVES quarters at NAS Seattle, Washington.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
July 1944
The July, 1944 edition of the WAVES Newsletter features WAVE commander Mildred McAfee on the cover.
Hinges of History 