One Woman's World War IIUniversity Press of Kentucky, 21 апр. 1994 г. - Всего страниц: 232 Memoirs by sailors, soldiers and pilots who fought in World War II abound, but here is a rarity: a personal account by a woman who served in both the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and the American Red Cross during the war and after the occupation. The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps was established in 1942, allowing American women for the first time to serve, in supporting roles, in the military. The following year, Violet A. Kochendoerfer, an independent and adventurous young Minnesota woman, joined the WAACs. Always alert to new opportunities, she soon left for a job with the American Red Cross and saw much of World War II in the European Theater of Operations as she served as director of service clubs attached to military units in Britain, France, and Germany. Kochendoerfer tells of enduring buzz bombs in London as her 315th Troop Carrier Group took part in D-Day operations; of providing service clubs for the 82nd Airborne Division as it forced the last bridgehead of the war; of witnessing the final surrender of the main German Army and the liberation of a concentration camp; and of meeting and celebrating with the Russians after the Germans surrendered. Her story, some of it told through letters she wrote home, provides a woman's unique perspective on historic events usually recounted only by men. |
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... be moved up , all leaves were canceled . One rumor is that the 82d may be here till January , but more often we hear that it will leave here be- tween the fifth and fifteenth of November and ship in Sent Back for Reassignment 155.
... leave time left ; any I take be- fore leaving for home will have to be without pay . I talked by phone with Miriam Fay at general headquarters . She was great and said I could clear through Munich and then come on up to general ...
... leaving for headquarters to clear . I had orders for a leave trip to Rome and stopped in Gar- misch on the way . I was sorry I'd gone . I did see some of our German staff , but our Olympic Club was again a local thea- ter . This time ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Basic Training in the WAAC | 8 |
Radio School | 17 |
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