[Interview of Rachel Babcock on her service with the U.S. Navy WAVES during World War II].
Rachel Babcock recalls her service as a radio operator with the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War Two. Babcock talks about the transition to basic training from teaching in a country school in Ingham County, Michigan, serving on a blimp base in Georgia...
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| Language: | English |
| Series: | Few good women.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 2 min., 24 sec.)) |
| Format: | Electronic Audio Software |
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Rachel Babcock recalls her service as a radio operator with the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War Two. Babcock talks about the transition to basic training from teaching in a country school in Ingham County, Michigan, serving on a blimp base in Georgia, the culture shock of color-segregated facilities in the south, hitchhiking to the beach on weekends, and how civilians would frequently pay for meals for service members. She also talks about her post-military life, enrolling at Michigan State University, teaching in Lansing, MI, and the role of women in the American military. |
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| 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 41775 DB41775 |
| Playing Time: | 01:02:24 |
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Interviewee, Rachel Babcock ; interviewr, Katie Cavanaugh. |
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Recorded 2003 October 23 |