Jean Toresina Yarnall oral history transcription, 1995

Yarnall, Jean Toresina, 1923-. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE who seived as a Link Trainer Instructor, includes early years in Hartford, Conn.; Employment at Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor attack; Enlisted in the WAVES in I943; Training and Indoctrination at USNTS (WR) , Bronx, N.Y.;Link Trainer School, NAS Adan ta, Ga.; Living conditions and social lite; Watches; In­ structor billet in maintenance procedures and voice procedures, Atlanta, Ga.; Link Trainer in­ structor at Groton NAS, Groton, Conn., then Quonset Point, RI.; Promotion to Chief; Marriage in I948; Navy Wife; Discharged from Navy in I950; Attendance at WAVE reunions; Ocean State WAVES; Employment as Head, Circulation Department, Warwick Public Library; Impact of WAVES service on her life.