Lillian Malloy talks about her service in the U.S. Army Air Corps

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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

Place:

England, Ireland, Iowa, and Des Moines

Subject Topic:

Travel, Travel, Military life, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, and Military education

Subject Name:

Malloy, Lillian, 1914-1997, Malloy, Lillian, 1914-1997, Malloy, Lillian, 1914-1997, United States, Army, Air Corps, United States, and Army

Subject Genre:

Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m58t46