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B.B. (Bertha Beth) Freeman Davis oral history transcription, 1996

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 219
Scope and Contents

Davis, BB Freeman, 1920-. Reminiscences of a WAVE who served inWWII. Includes her youth in Providence, R.I., Smith College, 1942, Enlisted in WAVES; Trained at Women's Radio Boot Camp, Madison Wis.; AsĀ­ signed as radio operator, NAS, Corpus Christi, Tex.; Visit of FDR to the base; Entered Officer Corps; Trained at Smith College, Communication School, Mt. Holyoke College, 1944; Assigned to NAS, Pensacola, Fla., January 1944; NAS Honolulu, Hawaii; Detached in December 1945; WAVES a positive experience; Marriage and settled in Providence, R.I.

Dates: 1996

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