Photo #: NH 97527
"WAVES celebrate Second Anniversary"
"WAVES held a rally at the Washington Monument Grounds July
30, 1944, to celebrate the second anniversary of the establishment
of the Women's Reserve of the U.S. Navy. The women of the Navy
stationed in the Washington, D.C., area heard addresses by their
Director, Captain Mildred H. McAfee, USNR, Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal, Admiral Ernest J. King, USN, Commander in Chief,
U.S. Fleet, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, speaking by radio
from Pearl Harbor."
"From all over the District of Columbia, companies of WAVES
came in precise formations to take their places for the rally."
Quoted from the original caption filed with this photograph on
31 July 1944.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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