MF144 Women in the Military
Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Jamie Ferris
Interview date
11-28-2000
Interview location
Bangor, Maine
Time
00:23:06
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Abstract
Evelyn McPhee, interviewed by Jaime Ferris, November 28, 2000, Bangor, Maine. McPhee talks about her childhood in Bangor, Maine; her decision to enlist in the Navy; her family’s reaction; her education; her reasons for enlisting in the Waves (Navy) in 1941; serving stateside during World War II; boot camp at Hunters College in New York; her tour of New York; Milledgeville State Teacher’s College in Georgia; transferring to Atlanta, Georgia; her duties as a storekeeper; typing orders; Tyrone Power; Kate Smith; her opinions about segregation and integration; Southern attitudes towards Northern Yankees and African-Americans; the prejudice she endured as a Northerner; her husband’s return from the South Pacific where he served as a medic; settling in Harrisburg, Mississippi; reasons why youth today should enlist. Text: 12 pp. transcript. Time: 23 minutes.
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Disciplines
Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History
Birth date
March 24, 1922
Location
Veazie, Penobscot County, Maine
Death date
January 28, 2010
Location
Bar Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
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)
Dates of service
1943-1944
Date of entry
1943
Service entry
Enlisted
Location of Service
Naval Air Station, Atlanta, Georgia
Wars & Conflicts
World War II
Entry Rank
E-1 Seaman Recruit
Other
Store Keeper 3rd Class
Other
Store Keeper 3rd Class
Names
Tyrone Power; Kate Smith; Stephen King
Locations
Hunter College, New York; Millersville, Georgia; Atlanta, Georgia; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Saint Paul, Minnesota; South Carolina; New York
Headings
Women in the Military
Collection name
Women in the Military
Collection number
MF144
Item number
NA3219
Recommended Citation
Ames McPhee, Evelyn Marie, "Evelyn McPhee, interviewed by Jaime Ferris" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 37.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/37
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