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Aviation Metalsmith Shirley Feldstein (Bell), USNR(W), (in service during World War II)

Shirley Feldstein enlisted in the WAVES at Portland, Oregon, in September 1942. She received training at Cedar Falls, Iowa, and Norman, Oklahoma, during the first part of 1943 and was a member of the initial group of WAVES to become Aviation Metalsmiths. Later, she served in that rate at Naval Air Station, Seattle (Sand Point), Washington.

This page features our only views of Shirley Feldstein (Bell).


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Photo #: NH 95372

Navy WAVES training school, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Iowa


Newly-arrived WAVES recruits pose for a group portrait at the school, before the arrival of their uniforms, January 1943.
Shirley Feldstein (Bell) is 3rd from right in the front row, with a white name tag visible on her coat.
She comments, on the reverse of the original print: "We all look like penguins ready for a slide in the snow".

Donation of Shirley Feldstein Bell.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 121KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 95359

WAVES Aviation Metalsmiths


Members of the first class of WAVES to graduate from the Aviation Metalsmith School, at the Naval Air Technical Training Center, Norman, Oklahoma, 30 July 1943.
Those present are identified in Photo # NH 95359 (complete caption), which also provides additional information provided by the donor.

Donation of Shirley Feldstein Bell.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 600 pixels

 


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Page made 17 February 2001