Document Type

Oral History

Deborah Owens, interviewed by Jessica Mayhan, Part 1

Interviewee name

Deborah Lynn Owens

Interviewer

Jessica Mayhan

Interview date

10-30-2001

Interview location

Newport, Maine

Time

00:28:39

Files

Streaming Media

Abstract

Sergeant First Class Deborah Owens, interviewed by Jessica Mahan, October 30, 2001, in Owens’ home in Newport, Maine. Owens, born in Clemens, Georgia in 1966, talks about joining the army when she was 18; experience driving trucks in the Army; difference between training for men and women in the army in 1985; tasks as an army recruiter; experiences while stationed in Saudi Arabia; family support of her going overseas; equality of genders in military squads; plans to remain in the army until retirement; experiences in all the places she was stationed. Also included Xerox copies of photographs; 2-page journal. Text: 23 pp. transcript, 2 pp. journal. Time: 00:42:18. Photos: p09141 – p09147.

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Disciplines

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

Birth date

September 1966

Location

Clements, Turner County, Georgia

Nation of origin

United States

Home state/Territory

Georgia

Gender

Female

Ethnicity

European-American

Occupation

Truck Driver; Army Recruiter

Branch of service

U.S. Army

Dates of service

1985-2005

Date of entry

July 24, 1985

Service entry

Enlisted

Location of Service

Germany; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Nashville, Tennessee; Korea; Saudi Arabia; Fort Campbell, Kentucky

Wars & Conflicts

Persian Gulf War

Entry Rank

E-1 Private

Highest Rank

E-7 Sergeant First Class

Names

Judy Owens; Bobby Owens

Locations

Clements, Georgia; Alabama; Dexter, Maine; Jackman, Maine; Saudi Arabia; Fort Devens, Massachusetts; Hawaii; Rhode Island; West Point; Germany; Korea; Canada; Nashville, Tennessee; Kentucky

Headings

Women in the Military; Army Recruiting

Collection name

Women in the Military

Collection number

MF144

Item number

NA3244

Recommended Citation

Owens, Deborah Lynn, "Deborah Owens, interviewed by Jessica Mayhan, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 72.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/72

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