Cedar Falls, Iowa
Opening in late 1942, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES) received Basic Training at the site at Iowa State College, Cedar Falls, Iowa. It was the U.S. Navy's first WAVES Basic Training or "Boot Camp" facility. The location was utilized until the Hunter College site in The Bronx, New York City, New York, was established in February 1943. Following the tranfer of duties, the training center became one of the those in the country that trained the enlisted rating of Yeoman.
NMUSN Women in the U.S. Navy Pamphlet
NHHC Women in the U.S. Navy Focus
Image: 80-G-K-14242: WAVES from Cedar Falls, Iowa, Yeoman School circa 1994. The WAVES are taking a meal break in an Iowa seed corn field. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
