June 28 movie: Here Come the Waves. Fun wartime movie with Bing Crosby as a movie star who joins the Navy, and Betty Hutton as identical twins who join the Waves. The movie is a promotional piece for the Waves, with lots of speeches about the meaningful work they do, big production numbers about how great they are, and nothing unpleasant like combat. The entire movie takes place in the US. In the movie the Waves run flight training sessions, work as air traffic controllers, all sorts of things. I guess it makes sense that every stateside job they could give to a Wave meant one more sailor they could send into action.
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