MF144 Women in the Military

Document Type

Oral History

Interviewee name

Margaret E. Puckett

Interviewer

Melissa A St. Peter

Interview date

11-2-2001

Interview location

Bangor, Maine

Time

00:47:18

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Abstract

Margaret E. Puckett, interviewed by Melissa A St. Peter, November 2, 2001, at Margaret’s home in Bangor, Maine. Margaret talks about her entering the military, Women’s Army Corps, in 1973; being stationed in Fort Bragg, NC, where she was a Second Lieutenant; ending her career as a Lieutenant Colonel; being part of and helping with the desegregation of the army; issues with male respect toward female officers; the “growing pains” they all went through; the mentorship of younger women by the older; serving 1973 - 1993. Text: 22 pp. partial transcript. Time: 01:37:18. Photographs: p14537, p14538.

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Disciplines

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

Birth date

1951

Location

Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

Maine

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

European-American

Occupation

Volunteer Coordinator, St. Joseph's Hospital, Bangor, Maine

Branch of service

U.S. Army

Service Unit

Women's Army Corps, 35th Signal Group

Dates of service

April 1974-May 1994

Date of entry

April 1974

Service entry

Commissioned

Entry Rank

O-1 2nd Lieutenant

Highest Rank

O-5 Lieutenant Colonel

Exit Rank

O-5 Lieutenant Colonel

Names

Louis Erskin; Virginia Erskin

Locations

Manchester, New Hampshire; Long Island, New York; Amoskeag Mills, New Hampshire; Vietnam; Scotland; Anniston, Alabama; Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Headings

Women in the Military, Female soldiers

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3206

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