Mollie Cooley Decker oral history transcription, 1997

Decker, Mollie Cooley, 1919. Reminiscences of an enlisted WAVE who served in WWII. Includes her growing up years in Plainfield, Conn.; Employment as Dental Assistant and with Norton Co.; Enlisted in WAVES in June 1944 in Boston, Mass.; Comments on Pearl Harbor attack; Trained at USNTS (WR), Hunter College, Bronx, N.Y.; Routine at USNTS; Trained as Dental Technician at USNH, San Diego, Ca­lif.; Assigned to Treasure Island, San Francisco, Calif., in Medical Records; Social life; Met hus­band and married in July 1945; Impact of WAVES service on her life; Positive comments on service in WAVES; Membership in Ocean State WAVES. Part of WAVES in WWII oral history program.