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Esther Fritz Villeneuve oral history transcription, 1995

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Identifier: MSC-382- Item OH 204
Scope and Contents

Villeneuve, Esther Fritz, 1922-. Reminiscences ofa WAVE who seived as a storekeeper during WWII. Focus is on early years in Titonka, Iowa, where she attended High School and worked; Attended Warburg College; Worked in Mason City, Iowa; Enlisted in WAVES in 1943; Comments on training at USNTS, Bronx, N.Y.; Advanced training at Milledgeville, Ga., as storekeeper; Assigned to Norfolk Naval Base in DisĀ­ persing Office; Social life; Barracks life; Met husband there; Sang in WAVES chorus; V:J Day in Norfolk; Discharged in April 1946; Impact of WAVES on life; Settled in Pawtucket, R.I.; Work and family; Membership and offices in Ocean State WAVES.

Dates: 1995

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  • Names: United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve X
  • Names: Villeneuve, Esther Fritz X