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Marie Purcell Beddoe oral history transcription, 2001
Item
Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 270
Scope and Contents
Beddoe, Marie Purcell, 1919. Youth; Education at Pembroke College; Employment as a Social Worker, Providence, RI.; Joined SPARS as an officer, 1943; Trained at U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn.; Assistant Aide to Navigation Officer, First Naval District, Boston, Mass., 1943-1946; Work responsibilities, co-workers, social life; Discharged in 1946; Attended RI. School of Design; Married in 1947; Comments on SPARS, esprit de corps, and patriotism during WWII.
Dates:
2001