MF144 Women in the Military
Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Phyllis von Herrlich
Interview date
10-28-2001
Interview location
Augusta, Maine
Time
00:47:15
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Abstract
Susan “Sue” Murphy-Hammond, interviewed by Phyllis von Herrlich, October 28, 2001, Augusta, Maine. Murphy-Hammond talks about the U.S. Navy: enlisting in 1970; basic training at 18; the strict list of what could be brought; barracks; having to walk paths that were unmarked, punishment if you went off; training with just women; having to have a physical twice; wearing dungarees; 3 uniforms; training with 28 or 30 girls; room standards; failing inspection too many times, didn’t graduate; wearing a wig so she didn’t have to cut her hair; her station in Quonset Point, RI; waves; black shoe; brown shoe; working in aircraft intermediate maintenance department; first class petty officer; husband going to Vietnam; honorable discharge for pregnancy; knife and fork school; working with 2 or 3 other women; hospital on base; belief that all U.S. citizens should serve; people in military turning to alcohol for the loneliness; could drink on base underaged. Text: 34 pp. transcript. Time: 01:33:21.
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Disciplines
Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History
Birth date
December 29, 1951
Location
Camden, Camden County, New Jersey
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
New Jersey
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
European-American
Branch of service
U.S. Navy
Service Unit
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Department
Dates of service
1970-1973
Date of entry
June 1970
Location of Service
Quonset Point, Rhode Island
Entry Rank
E-1 Seaman Recruit
Highest Rank
E-6 Petty Officer First Class
Exit Rank
E-6 Petty Officer First Class
Names
Cathy [co-worker]; Viren [spouse]; Commander Hewson; Neville Dewey
Locations
Camden, New Jersey; Maine; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Bay Ridge, Maryland; New England; Quonset Point, Rhode Island; San Diego, California; Texas; Hawaii; Germany; Korea
Headings
Women in the Military; Domestic Violence; Sexual Discrimination in the Military; Alcoholism
Collection name
Women in the Military
Collection number
MF144
Item number
NA3231
Recommended Citation
Murphy-Hammond, Susan, "Susan “Sue” Murphy-Hammond, interviewed by Phyllis von Herrlich, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 54.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/54
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