World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; United States. Navy -- Civilian employees; Military supplies;
Interview conducted by Pamela J. Zigmunds. Dorothy Evarts worked for the civil service branch of the U.S. Navy. She and her husband worked and lived on the Naval base in Oahu, Hawaii. She describes island life at this time, including the insects...
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...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; United States. Army Nurse Corps; Military nursing;
Interview conducted by Jim Lyko. Doris Ross and a friend enlisted in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps just after obtaining their nursing licenses in 1944. She went to basic training at Fort Dix, NJ, and did her army nursing training at the psychiatric...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- New Jersey -- Interviews; Women and the military; United States. Army -- Nurses -- Interviews; Military nurses;
Interview conducted by Jeanne Christie. Ethel Smith joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in 1944 while she was working at Orange Memorial Hospital. Her parents were upset that she had joined, but she felt that she wanted to explore the world, and...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; Women and the military; United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Interview conducted by Jeanne Christie. Dallas Hart joined the Women’s Reserve branch of the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 21. She describes the experiences she and the other women went through during basic training, and the types of things...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives; War brides -- Australia; Marriage;
Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst. Thelma E. Symonds lived in Rockhampton, Australia, when she met her husband of over sixty years, Stanley Symonds. He was a member of the 41st Signal Company of the U.S. Army, and was stationed in Rockhampton...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women; Women and the military; United States. Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Typed synopsis of video interview with Dallas Hart conducted by Jeanne Christie.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Women;
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
Synopsis of the oral history interview with Linda S. Schwartz recorded on 2004 Apr. 14 Linda Schwartz enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1967, after graduating from nursing school. One reason she joined was an article she had read in Reader's...
