A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
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.
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.
WAVE Link instructor Emily Jump goes over with Ens. Charles Harrison the course he has just flown and points out his errors. Blind flying if difficult because students prefer to trust their instincts rather than instruments.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
WAVE Beverly Alexander, a Pharmacist’s Mate 2nd class, checks a sailor into physical therapy at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Oakland, California in May 1943.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
This is pretty serious stuff. Published 71 years ago today, these are the punishments WAVES could receive for various offenses during boot camp at the Naval Training Center in the Bronx. Disobedience of Shore Patrol? That S.C.M stands for “special court martial.” D.C? Detention Center.
Shape up, ladies!
The schedule comes from the special collections in the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
WAVES do exercises on the lawn of Hunter College, which was used at the Navy’s boot camp for women during World War II.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Another shot of the airplane that went down in that fatal plane crash, December 13, 1943. Pilot training was often more dangerous, WAVES tell us, than the actual battle combat.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
A good cartoon makes the rounds at the WAVE recreation room at the naval air station Anacostia, Washington, DC.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
WAVES at Pensacola, Florida, instruct Naval cadets in the proper use of oxygen equipment via a low pressure chamber. The unidentified WAVE in this photo mans the observation post. She communicates with those inside the chamber using the microphone.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Iowave from November 26, 1943. Top headline of the day: the impressive support for War Bonds at the Yeoman training school at Iowa State Teacher’s College in Cedar Falls.
The photograph comes from the archives of Northern Iowa University.
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