MF144 Women in the Military
Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Elizabeth LaPierre
Interview date
12-9-2001
Interview location
Kennebunkport Maine
Time
00:46:53
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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
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
Recommended Citation
Plummer Fleetwood, Bessie Isabelle, "Bessie Fleetwood, interviewed by Elizabeth LaPierre, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 17.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/17
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