Document Type

Oral History

Ruth O’Neil, interviewed by Jamie A. Ferris, Part 1

Interviewee name

Ruth Wardwell Brown O'Neil

Interviewer

Jamie A. Ferris

Interview date

11-27-2000

Interview location

Old Town, Maine

Time

00:47:21

Files

Streaming Media

Abstract

Ruth O’Neil, interviewed by Jamie A. Ferris, a student in WS201, November 27, 2000, Old Town, Maine. O’Neil talks about joining the Army in 1953; serving as a field medic; completing her basic training at Fort McClellen in Alabama. For the class’s Women and War project. Text: 3 pp. partial transcript. Time: 01:23:38.

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Part 1: mfc_na3220_c2323_01
Part 2: mfc_na3220_c2323_02

Disciplines

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

Birth date

December 28, 1935

Location

Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine

Death date

January 9, 2017

Location

Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

Maine

Gender

Female

Branch of service

U.S. Army

Service entry

Enlisted

Locations

Boston; Fort McCauley, Alabama; Tennessee

Headings

Women in the Military

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3220

Recommended Citation

Brown O'Neil, Ruth Wardwell, "Ruth O’Neil, interviewed by Jamie A. Ferris, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 36.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/36

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