Marilyn Hayes oral history transcription, 1997

Hayes, Marilyn Morrissey 1920-. Reminiscences of an enlisted Marine (WR) during WWII. Includes youth in Newport, RI.; Employment at John Stevens shop; Reaction to Pearl Harbor Bombing; volunteered at Newport Hospital; Enlisted in Marines inJanuary 1945; Basic Training at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Fear of drill sergeant; Intimidated by training; Stayed on base; Mess duty; Assigned to Marine Corps School as driver for Director, Quantico, Va.; Social life; Met Captain M. McAfee, Director of the WAVES; aAssigned to MC Headquarters, Washington, D.C.; Discharged in June 1946; Newport during wartime; joining MC (WR) a positive experience; Marriage in 1947; Employed briefly by Ada Bethune.