MF144 Women in the Military
Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Elizabeth Bunten
Interview date
5-9-2003
Files
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Abstract
Mary Jane Miller, interviewed by Elizabeth Bunten, May 9, 2003. Miller, age 80, talks about her family; enlisting in the Navy (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in World War II; her family and friends’ reaction to her enlistment; her basic training experience; the relationship between male officers and female enlisted; her not going overseas during the war; whether she would do it all again; changes in opportunities for women in the military; leaving the Navy after the war; delivering a top secret message; and working under women officers. Text: 8 pp. transcript. Recording: No recording.
Disciplines
Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History
Birth date
March 13, 1923
Location
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Death date
February 26, 2014
Location
Bangor, Penobscot County, Maine
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
New York
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
European-American
Branch of service
U.S. Navy
Service Unit
Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES)
Dates of service
1943-1946
Date of entry
September 1943
Service entry
Commissioned
Location of Service
Navy Code Rooms, Navy Department Building, Washington, D.C.
Wars & Conflicts
World War II
Entry Rank
O-1 Ensign
Highest Rank
O-2 Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Exit Rank
O-2 Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Names
Howard Emerson Chase; Mary Kearns Chase; Commander Packard; Anne Tenney; Ed Miller; Eddie Dempsey
Locations
Brooklyn, New York; Washington, D.C.; Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts; Mount Holyoke College; Hawaii; England; New England; Silver Springs, Maryland
Headings
Women in the Military; Cryptology; U.S.S. Benjamin Franklin (CV-13); Military casualties
Collection name
Women in the Military
Collection number
MF144
Item number
NA4197
Recommended Citation
Chase Miller, Mary Jane, "Mary Jane Miller, interviewed by Elizabeth Bunten" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 84.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/84
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