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WAVES recruiting poster A WAVES machinist's mate at Naval Air Station Jacksonville A WAVES parachute rigger at Naval Air Station Ottumwa WAVES mechanics
Who was the first Asian American woman in the U.S. Navy?
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Who was the first Asian American woman in the U.S. Navy?
Susan Ahn Cuddy was the first female Asian American officer and the first female...
Video: Matthew Hilborn and Laura Orr—U.S. Navy/U.S. Department of Defense

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WAVES recruiting poster
A 1943 recruiting poster for the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service)...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (cph 3g02006)
A WAVES machinist's mate at Naval Air Station Jacksonville
Aviation Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Violet Falkum, a member of WAVES, starting an...
U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection/U.S. Naval Historical Center (80-G-43935)
A WAVES parachute rigger at Naval Air Station Ottumwa
Parachute Rigger Lorna Peterson, a member of WAVES, climbing out of an airplane after...
U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection/U.S.Naval Historical Center (80-G-K-14309)
WAVES mechanics
WAVES mechanics working on an airplane at Naval Air Station Whiting Field, near Pensacola,...
U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives Collection/U.S. Naval Historical Center (80-G-K-15003)
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