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Yarnall, Jean M., 1923-2013

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Jean Toresina Yarnall oral history transcription, 1995

 Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 198
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1995

Jean M. (Teresino) Yarnall papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSC-333
Content Description

Papers: Scrapbook of a WAVE 1944-1950; Booklets of the WAVES, U.S. Naval Training School (WR) Bronx, NY and USNAS, Atlanta, GA; Log of Instruction and Correspondence, 1946-1950; Speech, 1997; Audio Tape Recording, 2000; Correspondence Course booklet; Aviator's Flight Book and the Bluejackets Manual, 1940 (Robert Yarnall). Discharge certificate, 1950, Separation from service report, Quonset Scout, May 8, 1951; Guide book for preparing for tests to enter The Women Reserves, ca 1942; two photographs and WAVES hat.

Dates: 1950 - 2000

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