Photo #: 80-G-47025 Frances Wills(left) and Harriet Ida Pickens Are sworn in as Apprentice Seamen by Lieutenant Rosamond D. Selle, USNR, at New York City. In December 1944, they became the Navy's first African-American "WAVES" officers. Photograph released 16 November 1944. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 89KB; 590 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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29 November 1998