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• Lt.(jg.) Harriet Ida Pickens and Ens. Frances Wills, first Negro Waves to be commissioned....

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  • Date taken: 1944-12-21 15:56:19
  • Date uploaded: 2011-03-21
  • Tags: nara:arcid=520670, nationalarchives, women, africanamerican, military, uniforms, smiles, pose, traincase, insignia, waves, bunks, 1944, 1940s, forties, wwii, worldwarii, navy, navalreserves, explored
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• "WISH I COULD JOIN TOO!" WAVES, 1941 - 1945

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  • Date taken: 1941
  • Date uploaded: 2011-03-16
  • Tags: nara:arcid=516164, nationalarchives, women, girl, braids, ribbons, poster, waves, navy, wwii, wartime, 1940s, forties
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• WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) units march in precise formations during a rally at the Washington Monument grounds celebrating the second anniversary of the establishment of the corps, Washington, DC., 07/31/1944

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  • Date taken: 1944-07-31 12:11:44
  • Date uploaded: 2010-08-24
  • Tags: usnationalarchives, historyhappenshere, nara:arcid=520613, washingtondc, washingtonmonument, worldwartwo, worldwarii, wwii, secondworldwar, womenacceptedforvolunteeremergencyservice, waves, bw
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