WAVES: Women in the WW2 US Navy Photographs

158 items in this album on 8 pages.


WAVES Lieutenant (jg) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ensign Frances Wills packing following graduation from the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States, circa Dec 1944	WAVES personnel getting vaccination from an US Navy doctor, circa late 1944	African-American US Navy WAVE Lt. (jg) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ens. Frances Wills posing at their quarters at Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School, Northampton, Massachusetts, United States, 21 Dec 1944	WAVES Yeoman 1st Class Josephine Adams boarding the transport that would take her to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, her duty station, Dec 1944

A US Navy sailor and a WAVES member gazing out over the beach at a Gulf of Mexico coast Naval Air Station, United States, circa 1945	African-American US Navy WAVE Apprentice Seaman Frances Bates inspecting an engine for a Wildcat fighter aircraft, US Naval Training School, Bronx, New York, United States, 1945	WAVES Aergrapher's Mate 2nd Class Ethel E. Helter took readings from a weather recording instrument, Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, United States, circa 1944-1945	WAVES Aerographer's Mate 3rd Class Dorothy J. Baroch launching a weather balloon rom a theodolite platform, Naval Air Station, Moffett Field, California, United States, circa 1944-1945

WAVES Lieutenant (Junior Grade) Margaret Kyle and Lieutenant (Junior Grade) E. C. Day unpacking in their stateroom while en route to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945	WAVES Seaman 2nd Class Verona Livingston received desert from Cook 2nd Class William Barry during 'chow' time, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, during WW2	Control tower operators, including a WAVES member, at work, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Virginia, United States, circa 1944-1945	WAVES Storekeeper 2nd Class Francella Leigh, Yeoman 2nd Class Patricia McRae, and Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Suzanne Hosmer en route to Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, Jan 1945

WAVES Storekeeper 2nd Class Francella Leigh, Yeoman 2nd Class Patricia McRae, and Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Suzanne Hosmer on board a transport en route to US Territory of Hawaii, 8 Jan 1945	Aviation Metalsmith J. J. Lombardo showing WAVES personnel how to tie down cargo, Naval Air Transport Service School, Naval Air Station, Oakland, California, United States, 17 Feb 1945	Retreat ceremonies at the WAVES Yeoman school, Naval Training School, Milledgeville, Georgia, United States, circa early 1945	WAVES Yeoman 3rd Class Margaret Jean Fusco photographed friends by King Kamehameha's statue in Honolulu, US Territory of Hawaii, circa spring 1945

US Navy WAVE Hospital Apprentices 2nd class R. Isaacs, K. Horton, and I. Patterson were the first African-Americans at the Hospital Corps School, Bethesda, Maryland, US, 2 Mar 1945	WAVES Pharmacist's Mate 3rd Class Winifred Perosky X-Rayed USMC Private First Class Harold Reyher, who was wounded at Iwo Jima, Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, United States, spring 1945	WAVES Specialist 3rd Class Nora Scott and Specialist 3rd Class Virginia Chenoweth at work at the control tower of Naval Air Station, Charleston, South Carolina, United States, spring 1945	WAVES aircraft mechanics working on the port outboard Pratt & Whitney R-2000 engine of a R5D Skymaster aircraft, Naval Air Station, Oakland, California, United States, mid-1945