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Evelyn Stein Cohen oral history transcription, 1999

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 250
Scope and Contents

Cohen, Evelyn Stein, 1919-. Reminiscences of an enlisted SPAR during WWII. Includes youth in Brockton, Mass.; Post High School work as legal secretary, Boston, Mass.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor Bombing; Joined SPARS in 1943 for patriotic reasons; Husband was killed on Merchant Marine Ship; Attended USNTS (WR), Hunter College, N.Y.; Attended Yeoman School, Palm Beach, Fla.; Assigned to Merchant Marine Unit, NYC where did clerical work; Recreation; Discharge in February 1946; Attended SPAR reunions; Member Ocean State WAVES; Postwar family and work experi­ences; Maintained contacts with SPARS.

Dates: 1999

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