MF144 Women in the Military

Document Type

Oral History

Interviewee name

Susan Murphy-Hammond

Interviewer

Phyllis von Herrlich

Interview date

10-28-2001

Interview location

Augusta, Maine

Time

00:47:15

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Abstract

Susan “Sue” Murphy-Hammond, interviewed by Phyllis von Herrlich, October 28, 2001, Augusta, Maine. Murphy-Hammond talks about the U.S. Navy: enlisting in 1970; basic training at 18; the strict list of what could be brought; barracks; having to walk paths that were unmarked, punishment if you went off; training with just women; having to have a physical twice; wearing dungarees; 3 uniforms; training with 28 or 30 girls; room standards; failing inspection too many times, didn’t graduate; wearing a wig so she didn’t have to cut her hair; her station in Quonset Point, RI; waves; black shoe; brown shoe; working in aircraft intermediate maintenance department; first class petty officer; husband going to Vietnam; honorable discharge for pregnancy; knife and fork school; working with 2 or 3 other women; hospital on base; belief that all U.S. citizens should serve; people in military turning to alcohol for the loneliness; could drink on base underaged. Text: 34 pp. transcript. Time: 01:33:21.

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Disciplines

Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History

Birth date

December 29, 1951

Location

Camden, Camden County, New Jersey

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

New Jersey

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

European-American

Branch of service

U.S. Navy

Service Unit

Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department

Dates of service

1970-1973

Date of entry

June 1970

Location of Service

Quonset Point, Rhode Island

Entry Rank

E-1 Seaman Recruit

Highest Rank

E-6 Petty Officer First Class

Exit Rank

E-6 Petty Officer First Class

Names

Cathy [co-worker]; Viren [spouse]; Commander Hewson; Neville Dewey

Locations

Camden, New Jersey; Maine; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bay Ridge, Maryland; New England; Quonset Point, Rhode Island; San Diego, California; Texas; Hawaii; Germany; Korea

Headings

Women in the Military; Domestic Violence; Sexual Discrimination in the Military; Alcoholism

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3231

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Susan “Sue” Murphy-Hammond, interviewed by Phyllis von Herrlich, Part 1

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