Happy December!
The December, 1944 edition of the WAVES Newsletter finds a photograph of a WAVE stepping out of a plane. We’d probably expect a Christmas-themed cover these days….
Tag Archives: WW2
Mighty Mo
The USS Missouri headed to San Francisco from the East Coast in November of 1944 via the Panama Canal, stopping in various ports along the way. This allowed for visits from Navy WAVES aboard the ship.
This Navy photograph, dated December 1, 1944, is likely from one of the West Coast ports, perhaps San Francisco, where WAVE Margaret Anderson got a chance to visit the ship.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
The Mascot
Watching football this weekend? Maybe this photo of some WAVES at the USS Hunter (aka Hunter College Boot Camp in New York) will help you get some team spirit. Give me an N! Give me an A! Give me a V! Give me a Y! What’s that spell? NAVY!!!
The photo comes from the New York Historical Society.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Best wishes to you and your family!
Here’s the menu from Thanksgiving Day, 1944 at the Fleet Service Schools in Norfolk.
The menu is a part of the collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
A Vintage Thanksgiving
As you’re getting prepped for all of the food, family and fun tomorrow, here’s a vintage-tidbit from Thanksgiving 1943. It comes from the Navy History and Heritage Command courtesy the U.S. Naval Repair Base in San Diego.
Gun Inspection
WAVE Mary P. Waters and Lt. William J. Sweeney check guns and other ordinance aboard ships at Bethlehem-Hingham, Massachusetts.
The November 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives
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Gunnery Films
WAVE Bertha May Rasmussen rewinds a film used to project a target on the screen. The film is used during gunner training. Rasmussen taught men how to track and bring down the on-screen target – skills which would later be used in the field.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Dictaphone
WAVE Elane Hoganson, a yeoman 2nd class, types a letter from a dictaphone record. The dictaphone used a wax cylinder to record voices – kind of an early precursor to tape recorders or MP3 recording devices.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
BuAer Exhibit
A section of the BuAer exhibit, showing training literature and some of the sills used by Aerology mates in forecasting the weather. It’s at the Sixth War Loan Drive Exhibit in Chicago, held in November 1944.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Demonstration
At the Navy Exhibit for the Sixth War Loan Drive, which opening on November 17, 1944 (70 years ago), WAVE ensign Edna Laing demonstrates aerology (weather forecasting) skills.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 