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Mary Catherine Sullivan oral history transcription, 1996

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 206
Scope and Contents

Sullivan, Mary Catherine, 1924. Reminiscences of a WAVE who served in WWII as a Yeoman. Includes youth in Providence, RI.;Secretary, OPA, 1924-1944; Enlisted in the WAVES in 1944; Training and indoctrination at USNTS, Bronx, N.Y.; Yeoman training at Iowa State College, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Assignment at Quonset Point NAS as Yeoman, Naval Air Bases Group; Social life and recreation; Barracks living; V:J Day Celebration; Transfer to Department oflnterior, Coal Mines Administration, 1946-1947; Discharged in June 1947; Joined USNR, 1948; Marriage and family; Employment as secretary, Metropolitan Llfe; Membership in Ocean State WAVES; Impact of WAVES on life.

Dates: 1996

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  • Names: United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve X
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