Interview of former U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) radio technician Eleanor Jean Bechtel on her service during World War II

Description:: Former U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) radio technician Eleanor Jean Bechtel discusses her enlistment, the social environment in wartime America, her basic training in West Palm Beach, FL, and receiving electronics and radio instruction at the Ben Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia. She also talks about the base in Florida where she trained, seeing John Wayne and Robert Montgomery there filming a movie, and moving to post-war Japan to work as a civilian secretary.
Date Issued:: 2003-07-29T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Michigan State University. Libraries
Collection:: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Place:: United States, Florida, West Palm Beach, Florida, Japan, United States, and United States
Subject Topic:: Military life, Recruiting, enlistment, etc, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, Basic training (Military education), Military training camps, Secretaries, Social conditions, Armed Forces, and Civilian employees
Subject Name:: Bechtel, Eleanor Jean, United States, Coast Guard, Women's Reserve, United States, Coast Guard, and Women's Reserve
Subject Genre:: Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American
Language:: English
Rights:: In Copyright
URL:: https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m52v2dm1f