MF144 Women in the Military
Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Hillary Jackson
Interview date
11-26-2001
Time
00:29:19
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Abstract
Yvonne Roland, interviewed by Hillary Jackson, November 26, 2001. Roland, who was born in Alabama, talks about the days when she was in the Air Force: being stationed in Turkey, Andrews Air Force Basin Maryland, and been to Colorado, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina, and Pease Air Force in new Hampshire; her start as a commissioned officer; Gulf War; benefits of military training; politics; changes she saw; funny moments; Egypt; travel; competitiveness in the military; feelings about the military; women in combat. Text: 13 pp. transcript. Time: 00:29:19.
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Disciplines
Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History
Location
Alabama
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Alabama
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
African American
Branch of service
U.S. Air Force
Service entry
Commissioned
Location of Service
Turkey; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Colorado; Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina; Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire
Wars & Conflicts
Persian Gulf War
Names
Barbara Roland; Buddy Roland
Locations
Alabama; Turkey; Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland; Colorado; Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina; Pease Air Force Base, New Hampshire; Egypt; Israel; Spain; Cairo
Headings
Women in the Military; Equal Opportunity; Gender Relations
Collection name
Women in the Military
Collection number
MF144
Item number
NA3240
Recommended Citation
Roland, Yvonne, "Yvonne Roland, interviewed by Hillary Jackson" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 58.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/58
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