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Oral history interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, 2013 March 31

Resource Type:
Manuscript (Paper)
Publication:
2013
Related Series:
Oral history; [volume] 1762

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Summary:
Women's Army Corps Enlisted, Keypunch Operator, Korean War-era Veteran. Childhood in Michigan; reason for enlisting; family's reaction to enlistment; basic training at Fort Lee, Virginia; duty assignment at Governor's Island, New York; temporary duty assignment at the Pentagon; duty assignment in Hanau, Germany; impressions of post-war Germany; placement in the Veterans of Foreign War's Women's Auxiliary despite veteran status; views on service; views on women in combat; advice for future women service members; brother's experience in the Merchant Marines during World War II; daughter's views on the military; daughter's views on the military service of her mom and other family members.
Author/Creator:
Babcock, Marjorie Rae Lutkins, 1927-
Contributors:
Hedrick, Amy , interviewer
Women Veterans Oral History Project
Korean War Oral History Project
Languages:
English
Language Notes:
Item content: English
Main Work:
Oral history interview with Marjorie Rae Lutkins Babcock, 2013 March 31 [by Babcock, M.R.L.]
Related Works:
University of North Texas oral history collection
Related Series:
Oral history; [volume] 1762
Subjects:
Babcock, Marjorie Rae Lutkins, 1927-- — Personal narratives
United States Army — Women's Army Corps — Oral history
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States — Department of Michigan — Ladies Auxiliary — Oral history
Women soldiers — United States — Biography — Oral history
Basic training (Military education) — Virginia — Fort Lee — Oral history
Military bases — New York (State) — Governors Island (New York County) — Oral history
Military bases, American — Germany — Hanau — Oral history
Families of military personnel — United States — Oral history
Korean War, 1950-1953 — Personal narratives, American — Oral history
Oral history — Specimens
Oral history
Genres:
Personal narratives
Specimens
General Notes:
Interview conducted in 2013 for the Women Veterans Oral History Project and Korean War Oral History Project . Interviewer: Amy Hedrick.
Physical Description:
33 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates ; 29 cm
Call Numbers:
OH 1762
OCLC Numbers:
867791521