Primarily documents Ava Honeycutt's service in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during WWII. Honeycutt discusses her childhood in rural North Ca[...]

Group portrait of the U.S. Navy WAVES 13th Regiment taken during basic training at Hunter College, circa 1943. All the women wear the WAVES service dress blue uniform, wh[...]

Hand-colored portrait of Ava Caudle Honeycutt, circa 1944. She wears the U.S. Navy WAVES service dress blue uniform with the rank of 3rd class petty officer on her should[...]