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WAVES Specialist (T) 3rd Class Dorothy Knee and Specialist (T) Genevieve Close directing air traffic at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, District of Columbia, United States, in early or mid-1943

Caption     WAVES Specialist (T) 3rd Class Dorothy Knee and Specialist (T) Genevieve Close directing air traffic at Naval Air Station, Anacostia, District of Columbia, United States, in early or mid-1943 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
Identification Code   80-G-K-13615
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Photo Size 585 x 746 pixels
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. J.T. Parcell says:
27 May 2010 12:53:07 PM

Great photo. This is one of the rarest I've seen of women in WWII.
2. terry potter says:
7 Nov 2016 12:04:45 PM

My mom did this in WW2 in Pennsocola.

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