MF144 Women in the Military
Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Robin Arnold, Molly MacLean
Interview date
11-17-2000
Interview location
Bangor, Maine
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Abstract
Annie (McNeil) McCarthy, interviewed by Robin Arnold and Molly MacLean, November 17, 2000, at her home in Bangor, Maine. McCarthy talks about being a member of a detachment of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps assigned to the Air Force; working as a Radio Operator in Daytona, Florida; serving with Air Force Intelligence under General George Stratemeyer in the 8th Air Force, Strategic Air Command in China and India, and being one of the first 13 women sent to South East Asia during World War II as an experiment. Text: 23 pp. transcript only. Photographs: p14513-p14515.
Disciplines
Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History
Birth date
September 21, 1920
Location
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
Death date
July 7, 2004
Location
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
European-American
Ethnic group
Irish
Occupation
Veteran's Administration, Vocational Rehabilitation and Education
Civic groups
National Association of Retired Federal Employees
Branch of service
U.S. Army
Service Unit
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC); Air Force Intelligence, 8th Air Force Strategic Air Command
Dates of service
September 1942-January 10, 1946
Date of entry
September 1942
Service entry
Enlisted
Location of Service
Daytona Beach, Florida; India; Burma; China
Wars & Conflicts
World War II
Entry Rank
E-1 Private
Highest Rank
E-5 Sergeant
Exit Rank
E-5 Sergeant
Names
General George Stratemeyer; Jeannie Rukker; Margaret "Peg" Wedimeyer; Mr. Gough; President Truman; General Stowell
Locations
Bangor, Maine; Daytona Beach, Florida; Gulf of Mexico; New York; Chicago, Illinois; Colt Firearms, Hartford, Connecticut; Miami, Florida; India; Berma; China; Calcutta; Himalayan Mountains; Chóngqìng; Shillong, Assam; Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Orono, Maine; Jamaica Plains, Boston; Portland, Maine; Hiroshima; South East Asia; Corachi, India; Pakistan
Headings
Women in the Military; Radio Operation; Cartography; Navigation
Collection name
Women in the Military
Collection number
MF144
Item number
NA3218
Recommended Citation
McNeil McCarthy, Annie, "Annie (McNeil) McCarthy, interviewed by Robin Arnold and Molly MacLean" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 38.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/38
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