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WAVES in Boots

WAVES in BOOTS. The story of WAVE recruit training by Ritter and GadboisWAVES in BOOTS by Ritter and Gadbois
Copyrighted 1949
Introduction. This book presents a recruit's eye view of Recruit Training (W) as depicted by a former male recruit who has himself undergone Recruit Training, and adapted by the staff of Recruit Training (W) to emphasize those little idiosyncrasies peculiar to women. It should recall, for some time to come, incidents of your own training. It should be realized that the incidents are not nearly so humorous at the time they occur as they will seem on Recruit Leave. Kathryn Dougherty Lieutenant, US Navy Officer in Charge Recruit Training (W) US Naval Training Center Great Lakes, Illinois
WAVE logSusie always had a passion for the nautical,
so when opportunity knockedit was greeted enthusiastically, and after a suitable wait
she reported for dutyit takes all kinds to make a Navy

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