WAVES Ida Kathleen Hashinger and Caroline Henderson work on wiring harnesses for engine electrical connects at Naval Air Station Jacksonville Florida.
The October 1943 photograph by Ens. V. Jorgensen comes from the National Archives.
Tag Archives: WW2
The “Christmas Tree”
Yes, we realize it’s only October and too early for Christmas decorations! But this “Christmas Tree” is a place where equipment is stored and organized. WAVE Mary Edna Miller headed there to grab some nuts and bolts in this 1943 photograph.
It’s by Ens. V. Jorgensen and it comes from the National Archives.
WAVES the Riveters
It’s not just Rosies who had riveting duties. Here, WAVES at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida, do some repair work on a plane. They are (left to right) Mary Cleo Smith, Doris Youlio, and Mary Gale Booth.
The photograph by Ens. V. Jorgensen comes from the National Archives.
Engine Repair
WAVES learn to repair and maintain engines on a Navy flight plane during training in Norman, Oklahoma.
The photograph by Lt. JG Wayne Miller comes from the National Archives.
Frank Sinatra
The singing star spent some time harmonizing with the WAVE singing platoon during World War II.
The photograph appeared in the newsletter for the WAVE training school in the Bronx, Conning Tower.
Elizabeth Reynard
Elizabeth Reynard was one of the women who helped to organize basic training for the WAVES and came up with their name. I’m not sure of the date of this newspaper feature on her, but it offers an interesting insight into one of the earliest World War II-era WAVES.
Daily Exercise
From the Navy caption of this February, 1943 photograph by Lt. Wayne Miller:
Daily gym instruction keeps WAVES ship shape at Boot Camp, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
February 1943 would be the last month the Cedar Falls facility at Iowa State Teacher’s College would be used as a boot camp. The Hunter College training center in the Bronx, New York, opened that same month.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Supply Duty
WAVE Mary Lee Price is on duty in the supply department at Naval Air Station Seattle. Price enlisted on the first anniversary of the WAVES’ founding, July 31, 1943.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
The Locker
Things are very neat and tidy in this view of a WAVES locker shown in the barracks at Camp Endicott, Davisville, Rhode Island, 1944.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Cellestial Navigation
WAVES undergoing a 10-week course at Navy Link Celestial Navigation, Trainer Operators and Maintenance Schools at NAS, Seattle, WA. WAVES study the earth’s relation to the celestial sphere in order to train pilots in navigation.
Here, Lt. (jg) M.L. Lansing, USN, Officer-in-charge of the Link Celestial Navigation Trainer School, briefs the WAVE students.
The 1944 photograph comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 