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Margaret Murphy Rego oral history transcription, 1999

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 248
Scope and Contents

Rego, Margaret Murphy, 1918-. Reminiscences of a WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes youth in Fall River, Mass.; Enlistment there in 1944; Patriotism the main motive; Training at USNTS (WR), Hunter College. White Glove inspections; Assigned to Naval Operations Washington, D.C., where censored letters from the front; Enjoyed work with its responsibility; Lived at Arlington Farms; Social life; Discharged in 1946; Funeral of FDR; V:J Day; Impact of WAVESseIVice on her life; Marriage in September 1946; Postwar employment.

Dates: 1999

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