Photo #: NH 97258
Recruit Training School (W), Great Lakes, Illinois
"The Navy's top WAVE, Captain Joy Bright Hancock, W, USN,
Assistant to the Chief of Naval Personnel, inspects Seaman Recruits
at the new WAVE recruit training school, Great Lakes, Illinois."
(Quoted from the caption released with the original print by
9th Naval District PIO.)
Probably photographed circa late 1948, as the Recruit Training
School (W) was processing its first classes.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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