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1. Interview of retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Therese M. Slone-Baker on her military career

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In an in-depth oral history interview, retired Lieutenant Colonel Therese M. Slone-Baker talks about growing up in New York City, attending business school, taking a civil service job in Washington D.C., joining the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1944 and working as a secretary, special events coordinator and a recruiter until she leaving active military service in 1946 to join the reserves. Slone-Baker says she was recalled to active service in 1952 and became an officer and discusses the various assignments she had throughout her career, including being the commander of a WASP squadron. She says that she finally retired in 1972 with 25 years of military service and feels that even though she did not have a "dramatic" career she did contribute and did her best to uphold the high standards of the service. Slone-Baker is interviewed by Ruth F. Stewart assisted by Carol A Habgood.
Date Issued:
2004-01-14T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

2. Interview of retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Therese Slone-Baker on her work with the Veterans Administration Voluntary Services Committee and her efforts to start a program to serve the hospitalized women veterans at a veteran hospital in San Antonio, TX

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Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Therese Slone-Baker talks about her work with the Veterans Administration Voluntary Services Committee and her efforts to start a program in the 1980s to recognize the needs of hospitalized women veterans at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio, TX. Slone-Baker explains why she started the project and how she persuaded the Women's Overseas Service League chapter in San Antonio to take on the task of visiting the women veterans. She says that interest in improving conditions for women veterans grew and that her project was finally taken to the national level. Slone-Baker also talks being inducted into the San Antonio Women's Hall of Fame in recognition for her work with veterans. Slone-Baker is interviewed by Ruth F. Stewart.
Date Issued:
2005-03-26T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:
Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project