U.S. Navy WAVES graduation photo

ID: 1021 ~ Source: Judy Coker Benowitz ~ Creator: U.S. Navy ~ Date: ca. 1943
This file appears in: Joining the WAVES
All Rights Reserved

ID: Hundreds of women wearing dress white uniforms stand at attention in rows behind a group of folding chairs with fourteen U.S. flags waving in the background.

This file appears in: Joining the WAVES

By Judy Coker Benowitz
"I am not sure how Mother was recruited.  She may have seen a poster or heard an advertisement on the radio. The WAVES primarily used newspapers, radio, and personal contact to recruit. Mother wanted to be a flight attendant, but…