Lillian Malloy talks about her service in the U.S. Army Air Corps
Lillian Malloy says that she joined the U.S. Army as soon as the enlistment office in Battle Creek, MI opened after the attack on Pearl Harbor. She says that she was first sent to Des Moines, Iowa for basic training and also received administrative and clerical training before being sent to Eglin Field in Florida as part of the first group of women earmarked for service in the U.S. Army Air Corps. She describes finally shipping to England aboard the Queen Elizabeth, her duties there and traveling around England and Ireland after V-E Day. Malloy also talks about her postwar European duty stations, describes the living conditions and remembers watching General Eisenhower run a staff meeting. She says she might have stayed in the service if she had not had to care for her sick mother.
Read
- In Collections
-
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 1984-10-10
- Speakers
-
Malloy, Lillian, 1914-1997
- Subjects
-
Malloy, Lillian, 1914-1997
United States. Army. Air Corps
United States. Army
World War (1939-1945)
Armed Forces--Military life
Military education
Military participation--Female
Travel
England
Iowa--Des Moines
Ireland
- Material Type
-
Sound recordings
Speeches (compositions)
- Language
-
English
- Extent
- 00:13:16
- Holding Institution
-
Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 33907
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11793645
- Permalink
- https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m51r6r79p