WAVES

#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Marjorie Byrnes
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Marjorie Nicholson Byrnes, who served in the WAVES program as a hospital corpsman during World War II.
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Virginia Jenness Millett Apocada
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Virginia Jenness Millett Apocada, who served in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service during WWII.
102-year-old WWII Woman Veteran Served in WAVES
102-year-old Melva Dolan Simon was among the first to raise her hand and take the oath to serve with the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, or WAVES.
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Marjorie McKenney
Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Navy Veteran Marjorie McKenney, who joined the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service in August 1942.
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Margaret Folluo
Navy Veteran Margaret Joann Boswell Folluo served from 1953 to 1957 in the Naval Reserve as part of the WAVES program.
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Mary Cantlon Goldbeck
After basic training, she served in Boston as paymaster for naval aviators. Mary Goldbeck completed her service in 1945 as a Petty Officer 3rd Class.
#VeteranOfTheDay Navy Veteran Velma Hughes
Velma participated in the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service program (WAVES), one of the first programs to allow women to serve in the Navy.