Interview of Elizabeth Crane Anesi on her service in the Women's Army Corps during World War II

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Description:

Elizabeth Crane Anesi talks about enlisting for officer training in the Women's U.S. Army Auxiliary Corps in 1942, establishing an embarkation point in San Francisco as her first major assignment, and how the WAAC was changed to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) within a year of her enlistment. Anesi also talks about being transferred to New York, visiting President Roosevelt's grave, establishing a rest and relaxation post at an unused dorm at Vassar College, and her last assignment which was conducting POW separation interviews in Indiana.

Date Issued:

2002-03-11T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States

Subject Topic:

Tomb, Recruiting, enlistment, etc, History, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, and Prisoners of war

Subject Name:

Anesi, Elizabeth Crane, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, United States, Army, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, United States, Army, and Women's Army Corps

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Personal narratives, American, and Interviews

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5dr2qk28