Lt. Leila Stevens swears Ruth Boone into the WAVES. Boone is a great great granddaughter of legendary frontiersman Daniel Boone.
The photo comes from the National Archives.
Tag Archives: WW2
The WAVE Experience
What’s it like to be a WAVE? Muriel Caldwell fills in the details for students at the Punahou School in Hawaii.
All Aboard!
The Highlight
The highlight of the day? Incoming mail (at least at NATTC Norman, Oklahoma).
The Wayne Miller photo comes from the National Archives.
Joy Bright Hancock
Joy Bright Hancock, who would become a captain with the Navy.
The photograph comes from the National Archives.
Fast Learners
From the National Archives notes about this photograph,
AMM Instructor says WAVES are quicker at learning than men.
Plotting Coordinates
Have you ever been to Treasure Island? These WAVES are tracking aircraft positions at the San Francisco Bay base.
Helping Hand
WAVE Dolores Perpente, a Pharmacist’s Mate, helps Ensign Lucille Beane of the Navy Nurse Corps, dressing the wound of an Iowa Jima veteran.
Indoor Drills
Winter can be cold, and so the WAVES moved drills indoors, such as this February 1943 drill at NATTC, Norman, Oklahoma.
The Wayne Miller photo comes from the National Archives.
Pay Day
Pay day at boot camp, Iowa State Teacher’s College, Cedar Falls, February 1943.
The Wayne Miller photo comes from the National Archives.
Hinges of History 