Document Type

Oral History

Marguerite McNeil, interviewed by Carol Toner and Mazie Hough, Part 1

Interviewee name

Marguerite Dow McNeil

Interviewer

Carol Toner, Mazie Hough

Interview date

2-5-2001

Time

00:31:30

Files

Streaming Media

Abstract

Marguerite McNeil, interviewed by Carol Toner and Mazie Hough, February 5, 2001. McNeil talks about joining the military when she was 26 years old during World War II; serving as an acting Sergeant and teacher (drilling and math skills) in Daytona Beach, FL and North Carolina; being sent to Lackey, Philippines where she served until contracting a fungal infection, was hospitalized and eventually discharged. Text: 23 pp. transcript. Time: 01:24:03. Photographs: p14513-p14515.

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Disciplines

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

Birth date

March 8, 1916

Location

Brewer, Penobscot County, Maine

Death date

November 6, 2005

Location

Belfast, Waldo County, Maine

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

Maine

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

European-American

Occupation

Educator

Branch of service

U.S. Army

Service Unit

Women's Army Corps.

Service entry

Enlisted

Location of Service

Lackey, Philippines

Wars & Conflicts

World War II

Entry Rank

E-1 Private

Highest Rank

E-5 Sergeant

Exit Rank

E-5 Sergeant

Names

McCarthur; Dr. Gluckwick Klickman; Dr. Stratemeyer; Whit Dean; Roosevelt; Annie (McNeil) McCarthy; Carolyn (McNeil) Talbot; Bertha (McNeil) Lundquist; Tom Brokaw; Nancy Lucas; Mark Shibles; Barbara [sister]

Locations

Lackey, Philippines; New Guinea; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Brooklyn, New York; Rumford, Maine; Vermont; Canada; Presque Isle, Maine; Castine; Australia; Trinidad; Louisiana; Togus; England; Israel; Cairo; Dorchester, Massachusetts; Castine, Maine; Sydney, Australia; Mattawamkeag; Boothbay Harbor; Bar Harbor; Pittsfield; New York; Brooklyn

Headings

Women in the Military; Women Soldiers; South Pacific Theater; Macular Degeneration; Blindness; Cryptanalysts

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3214

Recommended Citation

McNeil, Marguerite Dow, "Marguerite McNeil, interviewed by Carol Toner and Mazie Hough, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 26.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/26

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