A Blog About Women Who Were Homefront Heroines: the WAVES of World War II
Continuing our look at photos released in conjunction with the WAVES 2nd anniversary 70 years ago, July 30, 1944, is this bit of coolness for your Summer Saturday.
In it, Eddie and Esther Kosalski grab a cone in the Ship Service Store at WAVE Quarters D in Washington DC.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Strike up the band! July 30, 1944 would be the 2nd anniversary of the WAVES, and the Navy sent out dozens of photographs to mark the occasion. We’ll take a look at some here on our blog in the days leading up to the anniversary.
This photograph comes from NAS Seattle, where the WAVES drum corps is marching to celebrate the day. It comes from the National Archives.
WAVE Specialist second class Jane Rockman aims a spotlight at an incoming plane to flash landing signal from the Control Tower at NAS Norfolk, Virginia.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
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WAVES catch a game of softball – how many of you are heading out to the ballpark, or picking up a few innings of your own, on this summer day?
The photograph comes from the National Archives
Winifred Quick would rise to a position of leadership in the Navy, but as this letter from July 15, 1943 shows, she wasn’t always so certain about putting on a uniform.
The letter is held by the special collections at the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
From the Navy caption of this 1944 photograph at Celestial Navigation:
Hilda Olson, Sp (T) 2c; Doris Propst, Sp (T) 2c and Joanna Bailey, SP (T) 2c, are given celestial theory instruction with the three-dimensial celestial sphere demonstrator by instructor Robert K. Rice AMM2c.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
In the Link trainer, the instructor sits at a desk while the “pilot” goes into a flight simulator. In this photo from 1944, Hannah Barnes and Elizabeth Ripley practice the new desk techniques when using the new machine for celestial navigation during their 10-week training at NAS Seattle.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
A salute to end this Fourth of July weekend from WAVE Ruth Meyer.
The c. 1943 photograph comes from the National Archives.
WAVES on liberty from boot camp in the Bronx, New York, visit the statue of liberty, c. 1943. It seemed an appropriate photo this Fourth of July weekend. Hope your holiday is fabulous!
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
WAVE Mary Elizabeth Ways strikes a patriotic post in the 1943 photograph.
We we you and yours a happy and safe holiday!
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