National Museum of the U.S. Navy

This page features Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) at various training facilities within the United States during World War II. 

Other Resources:

NMUSN Women in the U.S. Navy Pamphlet

NHHC Women in the U.S. Navy Focus

Image:  80-G-471672:   U.S. Navy Radio School, Madison, Wisconsin, February 1943.  WAVES at Radio School, Madison, Wisconsin, march past New Union Theatre.  Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.