Institution: Michigan State University. Libraries / Place: Des Moines and Iowa / Topic: Participation, Female - Arab Americans and the Automobile: Voices from the Factory

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Description:: 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.
Date Issued:: 1984-10-10T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

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