Lee Gordhammer talks about her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during WWII

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Description:

Lee Gordhammer talks about her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) from 1942 to 1945. Gordhammer says she chose to work in motor transportation and became both an instructor and a skilled mechanic. She describes dodging "buzz-bombs" while in England, landing at Omaha Beach in July 1944, and ending the war in Paris. Gordhammer also discusses why she enlisted, her pre-war employment, military living conditions, uniforms, using the G.I. Bill to finish her education after the war, and finally working at the U.S. State Department.

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

England, France, and Normandy

Subject Topic:

Knowledge and learning, Military life, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Women, Bombing, Aerial, World War, 1939-1945, Transportation, World War, 1939-1945, and Campaigns

Subject Name:

Gordhammer, Lee, Gordhammer, Lee, United States, Army, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, United States, Army, Women's Army Corps, United States, Army, United States, and Department of State

Subject Genre:

Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5dm7h