[Interview of Ruth Weisberg on her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during WWII].
Ruth Weisberg says, in an oral history interview, that she joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, which later became the Women's Army Corps, in February 1943. Weisberg recalls receiving training at several bases in the U.S. before going back to New York to embark for Europe in late 1943 on a ship...
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (8 min., 53 sec.)) |
Format: | Electronic Audio Software |
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Ruth Weisberg says, in an oral history interview, that she joined the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, which later became the Women's Army Corps, in February 1943. Weisberg recalls receiving training at several bases in the U.S. before going back to New York to embark for Europe in late 1943 on a ship with the 101st Airborne Division. Her first assignment overseas, Weisberg says, was with the Military Attache in the American Embassy in London where she handled secret communications. The classified nature of her work prevented her from getting acquainted with many people, she says, but she did meet and marry an officer from the 101st Airborne in January 1944 and left the service in July 1945 to become a dependent army wife. |
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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: | DB32803 cassette Voice 32803 |
Playing Time: | 00:08:53 |
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Interviewee, Ruth Weisberg. |