[Lee Gordhammer talks about her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during WWII].

Lee Gordhammer talks about her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Gordhammer says she chose to work in motor transportation and became both an instructor and a skilled mechanic. She describes dodging "buzz-bombs" while in England, l...

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Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project, Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Gordhammer, Lee (Speaker)
Language:English
Subjects:
Gordhammer, Lee.
Gordhammer, Lee > Knowledge and learning.
United States. > Army. > Women's Army Auxiliary Corps.
United States. > Army. > Women's Army Corps.
United States. > Army > Military life.
United States. > Department of State.
United States. > Army.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Learning and scholarship.
World War, 1939-1945 > Women.
Bombing, Aerial > England.
World War, 1939-1945 > Transportation.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Bombing, Aerial.
Military campaigns.
Transportation.
Women.
England.
France > Normandy.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (4 min., 16 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Lee Gordhammer talks about her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Gordhammer says she chose to work in motor transportation and became both an instructor and a skilled mechanic. She describes dodging "buzz-bombs" while in England, landing at Omaha Beach in July 1944, and ending the war in Paris. Gordhammer also discusses why she enlisted, her pre-war employment, military living conditions, uniforms, using the G.I. Bill to finish her education after the war, and finally working at the U.S. State Department.
Note:Title supplied.
Part of the Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project.
Digitized by the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library of the Michigan State University Libraries.
Call Number:Voice 32681
DB32681 cassette
Playing Time:00:04:16
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Lee Gordhammer.