Pouliot, Gabrielle C.
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Gabrielle Pouliot oral history transcription, 1995
Pouliot, Gabrielle, 1913-2005. Reminiscences of a WAVE who served in "'°WII. Includes early years in Manitoba, Canada; Move to Central Falls, R.I., in 1923; Education and employment at Wardell Braiding Co. and JP Coates; Enlisted in the WAVES in 1944; Training and indoctrination, USNTS (WR), Bronx, N .Y.; Assignment at WAVES Receiving Station, Manhattan Towers, NYC; Master of Arms, Brooklyn Na val Hospital, Supervisor, Corps WAVES; Social life; V:J Day celebrations in NYC; Discharged in 1947;Joined Reserves Unit in Pawtucket, 1948; Active duty Arlington Fanns, 1951-1953; Retired from Reserves in 1973; Positive about naval career and opportunities it offered.
Gabrielle C. Pouliot papers
Imprints, including “A Short History of the U.S. Naval Training School (WR), Bronx, NY” and “Our Days at U.S. Naval Training School, Bronx, NY”; Photographs of WAVES marching and June 1944 class at USNTS, Bronx, NY; WAVES ninth birthday celebration, 1951; President Truman and Winston Churchill, 1952; ADM Forrest Sherman’s funeral procession, 1951; Miscellany, including WAVES songbook and prayer, press release, 1945, and radio interview, 1944, and certificate, 1968.
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