“The WAVES were a World War II-era division of the U.S. Navy that consisted entirely of women. The name of this group is an acronym for “Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service”
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W.A.V.E.S. of WWII in colour7 comments to W.A.V.E.S. of WWII in colourLeave a Reply |
 
 
 
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Make me miss my grandparents.
wow. that is a lot of work!! who did these?
We really had our act together as a country back then. Truly, the greatest generation.
Hi Brad, do you mean who colourized them? If so, the answer is “no-one”, these are Kodachrome colour photographs.
Sigh… I miss Kodachrome.
Am I the only one who had to look twice at the first picture and make sure her head wasn’t disconnected from her body?
Is the flag-raising slide’s image reversed? - in it the WAVES are saluting with their left hands.