Photo #: NH 97518
"WAVES pass the Word"
"... Both speedy and accurate are the WAVES who 'man' Naval
Communications at Washington, D.C. -- heart of the Navy's far-flung
communications network. Through their hands flow the unending
stream of messages attendant upon a Navy at war. Replacing male
experts needed at sea or distant bases, these alert, competent
members of the Women's Reserve are 'passing the word' for the
men behind the guns."
"Telegrapher Third Class Ida May Rowley ... checks monitor
tape."
Quoted from the original caption released with this photograph
effective 28 July 1945.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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