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1951 · 17865 — San Angelo Texas: Newsfoto Publishing Company 1951 No copies recorded on OCLC. Anchor and Blades is a yearbook documenting the WAVES at the United States Naval Training Center in Great Lakes Illinois. The candid photos throughout the book feature women being outfitted for uniforms exercising and playing sports and ultimately graduating from the training program. Among the last pages of the book there are portraits labeled with names in a yearbook style for the women in Companies 14 and 15 who were graduating. The history of the training center can also be traced as the photos include shots of the buildings and grounds. . Blue cloth with embossed hat decoration and lettering. Gold lettering of title is designed to look like a rope. Colored image pasted to front cover. Photographic endpapers. . Quarto. 11 in. x 8 in. . Photographically reproduced illustrations on every page. Light bumping and wear to spine ands and lower corners. A very good copy. The WAVES Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service also known as the Women's Reserve was the women's branch of the Naval Reserve during World War II. WAVES was established in 1942 when the Navy was authorized to accept women for the duration of war time plus six months. This measure was taken with the intention of sending men off to sea duty and replacing them with women on the shores. In order to be eligible for WAVES training school women had to be between 20 and 49 years old and have a college degree or two years of work experience. Newsfoto Publishing Company, [ hardcover