CCSU Veterans History Project

- Oral history interview with Katherine V. Tierney Leahy recorded on 2005 Oct. 8
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945; Military nursing -- United States -- History; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews;
- Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Katherine Leahy enlisted in the U.S. Navy, as a nurse in 1934. She lived in Bridgeport, CT at the time. Before joining the Navy she was a registered nurse working in a public hospital. She graduated with...
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- Oral history interview with Audrey Lyons recorded on 2009 July 23.
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; United Service Organizations (U.S.);New York Naval Shipyard; Missouri (Battleship : BB 63);Victory gardens;
- Interview conducted by Jim Lyko. Audrey Lyons grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and began working at the Brooklyn Navy Yard during World War II. She graduated high school in 1941 and began attending Brooklyn College in September of that year. In...
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- Oral history interview with Muriel A. Thompson recorded 2009 Sept. 10
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; United States. Army -- Civilian employees; Transportation, Military
- Interview conducted by Jim Lyko. Muriel Thompson grew up in Palisades, New York with her widowed mother. After high school, she went to the University of Pennsylvania. The bombing of Pearl Harbor took place while she was at school, and she then...
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- Sgt. Louis Cohen and Bernard Gutman at Officer Candidate School(OCS) - “90 Day Wonder”. Camp Lee, VA October 1942
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; United States. Army -- Officers; United States. Army. Officer Candidate School;
- Sgt. Louis Cohen and Bernard Gutman at Officer Candidate School(OCS) - “90 Day Wonder”. Camp Lee, VA October 1942
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- Louis Cohen writing a letter. Officer Candidate School, Camp Lee, VA October 1942
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; United States. Army -- Officers; United States. Army. Officer Candidate School; Letter writing;
- Louis Cohen writing a letter. Officer Candidate School, Camp Lee, VA October 1942
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- Quartermaster School NCO Division instructors. Camp Lee, VA 1944
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; United States. Army; Quartermaster School (U.S.); Teachers.;
- Quartermaster School NCO Division instructors. Camp Lee, VA 1944
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- American military cemetery on Guadalcanal
- World War, 1939-1945; Guadalcanal, Battle of, Solomon Islands, 1942-1943; Cemeteries -- Guadalcanal
- The grave in the forefront (24-10) of the photograph belongs to D.A. Joy, the son of Nicholas Lavnikevich's nursing school instructor. D.A. Joy was a member of the Marine 1st Division.
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- Synopsis of oral history interview with Joseph S. Kulmacz
- World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Philippines; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; United States. Navy; United...
- Synopsis of oral history interview conducted by Eileen Hurst on November 22, 2004. Prior to enlisting in the U.S. Navy in early 1943, Joseph S. Kulmacz was employed at Pratt and Whitney in East Hartford, CT where he became familiar with working on...
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