MF144 Women in the Military

Document Type

Oral History

Interviewer

Elizabeth LaPierre

Interview date

12-9-2001

Interview location

Kennebunkport Maine

Time

00:10:52

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Abstract

Bessie Fleetwood, interviewed by Elizabeth LaPierre, December 9, 2001, Kennebunkport Maine. Fleetwood talks about completing her basic training in Cedar Falls, Iowa; serving as a Yeoman First Class in the Vietnam War; being stationed in Endicott Rhode Island. Text: 18 pp. transcript. Time: 00:57:45.

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Disciplines

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

Birth date

April 13, 1922

Location

Saco, York County, Maine

Death date

June 8, 2017

Location

Jacksonville Beach, Duval County, Florida

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

Maine

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

European-American

Branch of service

U.S. Navy

Service Unit

Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), SeaBees

Dates of service

1942-1945

Date of entry

1942

Service entry

Enlisted

Location of Service

Camp Endicott, Quonset Point, North Kingstown, Rhode Island

Wars & Conflicts

World War II

Other

Yeoman Second Class

Other

Yeoman Second Class

Names

Percy Plummer; Marjorie Gerry; Penny [coworker]; Casey [coworker]; Fran [coworker]

Locations

Cedar Falls, Iowa; Rhode Island; West Buxton; Northeastern University, Portland, Maine; Hunter, New York; Washington, D.C.; Standish, Maine; Rochester, New York; Quonset Point, North Kingstown, Rhode Island; Providence, Rhode Island; New Zealand; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Pennsylvania; Cleveland, Ohio; Hawaii; Hyannis Port

Headings

Women in the Military; Sexual Harassment in the Military

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3212

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Bessie Fleetwood, interviewed by Elizabeth LaPierre, Part 2

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