[Interview of Elizabeth Crane Anesi on her service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II].

Elizabeth Crane Anesi talks about enlisting for officer training in the Women's U.S. Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, establishing an embarkation point in San Francisco as her first major assignment, and how the WAAC was changed to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) within a year of her enlistment. Anesi als...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Few good women.
Corporate Author: Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Anesi, Elizabeth Crane (Interviewee)
McLennan, Sarah E. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Series:Few good women.
Subjects:
Anesi, Elizabeth Crane > Interviews.
Women veterans > United States > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
United States. > Army. > Women's Army Auxiliary Corps > Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
United States. > Army. > Women's Army Corps > History.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. > (Franklin Delano), > 1882-1945 > Tomb.
Prisoners of war > Interviews.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
Sound recordings.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 14 min., 34 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Elizabeth Crane Anesi talks about enlisting for officer training in the Women's U.S. Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, establishing an embarkation point in San Francisco as her first major assignment, and how the WAAC was changed to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) within a year of her enlistment. Anesi also talks about being transferred to New York, visiting President Roosevelt's grave, establishing a rest and relaxation post at an unused dorm at Vassar College, and her last assignment which was conducting POW separation interviews in Indiana.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Part of "A few good women : the role of women in the military during the Second World War" oral history project by the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame.
Call Number:Voice 41739
DB41739
Playing Time:01:14:34
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Elizabeth Crane Anesi ; interviewer, Sarah McLennan E.
Event Details:
Recorded 2002 March 11