Naval War College (U.S.)
Found in 645 Collections and/or Records:
Jane Tully Porter oral history transcription, 2006
Youth in Yonkers, N.Y.; Graduate, Mount Saint Vincent College; Joined the WAVES, 1943; U.S. Naval Midshipmen's School (WR); Comments on patriotism, marching, and drilling, Cap tain's inspection; Attended Ordnance, Ammunition, Gunnery, and Chemical Warfare School; Assigned, Fleet Maintenance Division, Navy Department, Washington, D.C.; Comments on recreations and attitude of male officers toward WAVES: V:J Day; Significance of WAVES service; Postwar life and career; Dean, Katherine Gibbs School; Member, WAVES National and Connecti cut Mariners, Unit 82.
Janet Coit Petrucci oral history transcription, 1998
Petrucci, Janet Coit, 1918-2005. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE; Includes youth in East Providence, RI.;Worked as a hairdresser; Enlisted in the Navy in 1943for patriotic reasons; Trained at USNTS (WR) Bronx, N.Y.;Assigned to Sugar Camp, Dayton, Ohio, where she soldered wires; Assigned to Communica tions Intelligence, Washington, D.C., where she worked on breaking the Japanese Code; Supervi sor of her group; Lodged in WAVES quarters D; Social life; V:J Day; Married, January 1945; Discharged, November 1945; Comments on WAVES organization; WAVE reunion of Communi cation Specialists; Membership in WAVES National and Ocean State WAVES.
Janice Hawker Calden oral history transcription
Calden discusses her service in the Marine Corps (WR) from 1943-1945, including her boot camp experience at Camp LeJeune and her work in the photography lab there. She comments on social life, friendships, dating, her marriage to a Marine, and her positive feelings about her experience.
Jean Laidler Kenser oral history transcription, 1998
Kenser, Jean Laidler, 1923-. Reminiscences of an enlisted rate, USMC (WR) during WWII. Includes youth in Providence, RI.; Work at Hospital Trust;joined MC in April 1943; Wanted to make a contribution and MC ad vertised as the best service; Assigned to recruiting office, Boston, Mass.; Attended USNTS (WR) Hunter College, for training; Attended NCO School, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Graduated as Corpo ral and assigned to Headquarter Company, Women Reserve School as clerk/typist; Collateral duty as Drill Instructor; Recreation; Dating; Married a Marine in 1944; Discharged in May 1945; Impact of MC service on life; Changes WWII brought to women's lives; Member RI. Chapter of Association of Women Marines; Marine Corps service a positive experience and one of growth.
Jean Lett Macdonald oral history transcription, 1996
Macdonald, Jean Lett, 1918-2004. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE Officer. Includes her growing up in Ashland, Ohio, teacher in Ashland;Joined WAVES in 1943, USNMS (WR) at Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges; Assigned to Naval Office, Procurement, NYC where she was involved in recruiting in Harlem and Connecti cut; Made records for the Voice of America; Instructed recruiters in N.Y. and NJ.; Marriage in NYC April I945; Reaction to V-E and V:J Day; Separated from the service in November 1945; Work as Training Officer, Civil Service; Positive feelings about the WAVES.
Jean Toresina Yarnall oral history transcription, 1995
Yarnall, Jean Toresina, 1923-. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE who seived as a Link Trainer Instructor, includes early years in Hartford, Conn.; Employment at Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor attack; Enlisted in the WAVES in I943; Training and Indoctrination at USNTS (WR) , Bronx, N.Y.;Link Trainer School, NAS Adan ta, Ga.; Living conditions and social lite; Watches; In structor billet in maintenance procedures and voice procedures, Atlanta, Ga.; Link Trainer in structor at Groton NAS, Groton, Conn., then Quonset Point, RI.; Promotion to Chief; Marriage in I948; Navy Wife; Discharged from Navy in I950; Attendance at WAVE reunions; Ocean State WAVES; Employment as Head, Circulation Department, Warwick Public Library; Impact of WAVES service on her life.
Jessie Eagleson Kuster oral history transcription, 1997
Kuster, Jessie Eagleson, 1921-. Reminiscences of WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes her youth in suburb of Glasgow, Scotland and Providence, RI.; Employed as a secretary at Anaconda Wire and Cable; Enlisted in WAVES in September 1943 for patriotic reasons; Training at USNTS (WR), Hunter College; Daily routine; Yeoman Training at Iowa State, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Assigned to CNO's Office, Intelligence Division, Sabotage Section, 1944-1946; Lived at Arlington Farms; Met ADM E.J. King, President Tru man and Douglas Fairbanks; Victory over Japapn Day; Promoted to Chief; Assigned to Naval Communications, 1946-1950; Assigned to CINCNELM, Strategic Naval Planning Division, London, England, 1951- 1953; Opportunities for travel; Married in London in 1952; Witnessed Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; Assigned to Norfolk Naval Base, Planning Section, 1952-1955; Navy wife until 1961; Secretary at Quonset Point NAS and Electric Boat; Retired in 1982; Attended WAVE reunions, 1962 and 1992; Positive comments about naval career. Part of WAVES in WWII Oral History Project.
Joan L. Crump Hanlon oral history transcription, 2003
Hanlon, Joan L. Crump, 1922. Civilian woman who worked in the mail room at the Bayonne Naval Base, Bayonne, NJ., during World War II; Comments on work regime, co-workers, social life, family life, rationing, dating, V Day, postwar work in department stores, marriage and move to Rhode Island.
John B. Oren oral history transcription
Oren, John B., RADM, USCG, 1909-. USCG Academy, 1933; Hunt; Calypso, Shoshone; Hamilton, 1937-1939; M. E.; Engineer Offi cer, Spencer, 1942; XO, Spencer; Engineer Officer, Westwind, 1943; Engineer Officer, USS Gen eralj. C. Breckenbriclge, 1944-1945; Inspection duties, Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, Mich., 194!>-1946; Marine Engineer, Eighth CG District, New Orleans, 1946-1949; Inspection work, Eastwind, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., 1949; XO, Ingham, 1949; CO, Ingham, 1951; CO, Field Testing and Development Unit, CG Yard, Curtis Bay, Md., 1951-1954; Production Officer, CG Yard, Curtis Bay, Md., 1954-1956; Chief, Engineering Div, Eleventh CG District, Long Beach, Calif., 1956-1959; Chief, Engineering Division, Twelfth CG District, San Francisco, Calif., 1959-196l;Assistant Chief, Office of Engineering, HQ, 1961-1963; Chief of Staff, Eighth CG District, New Orleans, 1963-1964; Chief, Office of Engineering, HQ, 1964-1968; Retired, 1968.
John B. Totushek oral history transcription
Totushek, John B., VADM, USN, 1944-. CO, Naval Resetve Force; Chief of Naval Reserve; Director of Naval Reserve; Priorities as Chief of Naval Reserve; Naval Reserve Force Transformation Initiative; 9/11 events; Mobilization and Planning for Iraqi Freedom; Reserve Force capability; Integrated Personnel System.