A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
Two WAVES handle control tower duties at Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California. With the “mike” is Janna Hoffman and Helen Lu Dooley handles the phone.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos. This photo comes from the National Archives.
The Pigeon Loft at Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, occupies the attention of WAVE Sidney Cazort.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos. This photo comes from the National Archives.
Dorothy J. Baroch, aerologist’s mate 3rd class, of Denver, operates a theodilite and weather balloon at Naval Air Station Moffett Field, California.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos. This photo comes from the National Archives.
Ethel E. Helter, aerologist’s mate 2/c, keeps tab on a weather recording instrument at Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos. This photo comes from the National Archives.
Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, USN, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean areas, photographed in Washington, DC in March 1945
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos. This photo comes from the National Archives.
At the photographic lab, Naval Air Station Norfolk, motion picture titles are made in this room where a WAVES artist prepares backgrounds and lettering for shooting by the cameramen at the left.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos.
This photo comes from the National Archives.
This week we’re featuring only color World War II-era photos.
In this image, we see a WAVE Link Trainer Instructor gives pointers to an officer checking out in the Navy’s flight simulation training device at Naval Air Station Norfolk.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 