Interview of Eileen Jackson Crane on her service as a civilian U.S. State Department employee working at military bases in the U.S. and overseas from June 1943 to October 1946

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Description:

Eileen Jackson Crane talks about her service as a civilian U.S. State Department employee working at military bases in the U.S. and overseas from June 1943 to October 1946. She says that she served first as a Cafeteria Hostess and later as Command Hostess at the U.S. Air Force base in Wiesbaden, Germany. She describes her duties as a hostess, her pay, base housing, medical care, being prohibited from eating in the cafeterias she ran, trying to manage appropriate levels of food inventory, life as a civilian working with the military, and being prohibited from fraternizing with the local German population. She also remembers being assigned to set up a segregated service club for African-American soldiers. Crane is interviewed by Neola Ann Spackman.

Date Issued:

1985-01-28T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany, Wiesbaden, United States, and United States

Subject Topic:

Officials and employees, Barracks and quarters, Air bases, American, Canteens (Establishments), Discrimination in the military, Armed Forces, and Civilian employees

Subject Name:

Crane, Eileen Jackson, 1917-1989, United States, Department of State, United States, and Army Air Forces

Subject Genre:

Interviews and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5q13x