Edith Smith oral history transcription, 1995

Smith, Edith, 1924. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE who served as a Yeoman at Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI., 1944-1945; Includes her growing up years in Woonsocket, RI.; High School graduation, 1941; Employment at Slatersville Finishing Co. in Payroll Department; Reaction to Pearl Harbor bombing; Enlisted in WAVES in 1944; Training and indoctrination at USNTS (WR) Hunter Col­ lege, Bronx, N .Y.; Member of singing platoon that appeared on Perry Como Show; Yeoman train­ing at Oklahoma A&M, Stillwater, Okla.; Assignment in Personnel Department at NAVTORSTA, Newport, R.I.; Recreation; Maniage, June 1945; V:J Day celebrations in Newport; Discharged, No­vember 1945; Impact of WAVES service on her life; Postwar employment; Ocean State WAVES Membership.