Henrietta Pearl Terry served as a naval aerologist during the Second World War as a member of the WAVES [Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service]. She was statione[...]

Leila Stevens (right) and a fellow WAVE stand in the snow at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1942.

A dormitory at Smith College Massachusetts in 1942.

WAVE Violet Boynton, in blue service dress, salutes the camera while at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1942.

Lt. Henrietta P. Terry, in WAVES raincoat and havelock, salutes the camera while standing in a snowstorm at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1942.

Four WAVES in raincoats and havelocks stand in the snow at Smith College, Massachusetts, circa 1942.

Formal photo of Henrietta Pearl Terry in 1943, seated at a vanity and reflected in a mirror. She holds a pen over an open atlas and wears her WAVES dress blue uniform.

Formal photo of Henrietta Pearl Terry, posed on a vanity with an atlas, in WAVES dress blue uniform in 1943.

Four WAVES mill about indoors, two with beverages in teacups, circa 1944.

Henrietta Terry points to a map while instructing a group of WAVES in dress blue uniforms at Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia, circa 1944.