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Donna Loring, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 1, Donna Loring
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 1, Donna Loring
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Donna Loring, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, June 15, 1999. Loring discusses her early schooling, her family history serving in the military, her MOS (72B-20) as a communications specialist, and working with early computers. She talks about being stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and Fort MacArthur, in San Pedro, California. She tells about putting in for Vietnam, being told women were not allowed in combat, receiving orders to go a few months later, knowing it was a mistake but no one caught it until she was in Vietnam, being assigned to the 44th …
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 2, Donna Loring
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 2, Donna Loring
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Donna Loring, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, June 15, 1999. Loring discusses her early schooling, her family history serving in the military, her MOS (72B-20) as a communications specialist, and working with early computers. She talks about being stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and Fort MacArthur, in San Pedro, California. She tells about putting in for Vietnam, being told women were not allowed in combat, receiving orders to go a few months later, knowing it was a mistake but no one caught it until she was in Vietnam, being assigned to the 44th …
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 3, Donna Loring
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Kellie Pelletier, Part 3, Donna Loring
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Donna Loring, interviewed by Kellie Pelletier at the Muskie Archives, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, June 15, 1999. Loring discusses her early schooling, her family history serving in the military, her MOS (72B-20) as a communications specialist, and working with early computers. She talks about being stationed at Fort McClellan, Alabama, and Fort MacArthur, in San Pedro, California. She tells about putting in for Vietnam, being told women were not allowed in combat, receiving orders to go a few months later, knowing it was a mistake but no one caught it until she was in Vietnam, being assigned to the 44th …
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Mazie Hough And Carol Toner, Donna Loring
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Mazie Hough And Carol Toner, Donna Loring
MF144 Women in the Military
Donna Loring, interviewed by Mazie Hough and Carol Toner, June 19, 2001, in Augusta, Maine. Loring, age 53, talks about enlisting in the Army in the Vietnam War; her experiences of discrimination as a Native American in Maine; boarding school; taking an aptitude test after enlisting; basic training; her role as a member of the Signal Corps; the dangers of the job; rising through the ranks; the detachment of the Women’s Army Corps from the rest of the Army; women soldiers and weapons; leaving the base against orders; racism in the military; diversity within the W.A.C.; the psychological effects; leisure …
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Mazie Hough And Carol Toner, Part 1, Donna Loring
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Mazie Hough And Carol Toner, Part 1, Donna Loring
MF144 Women in the Military
Donna Loring, interviewed by Mazie Hough and Carol Toner, June 19, 2001, at the CATS Library in Augusta, Maine. Donna talks about enlisting in 1966; training in California and going to Vietnam; serving in the Military Occupational Specialty Signals Corps and as a soldier of the Women’s Army Corps. Text: 9 pp. transcript. Time: 01:20:59. Restrictions: None. Approval to release provided by James Francis of the Penobscot Historic Preservation Committee, 2024-02-23.
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Donna Loring, Interviewed By Mazie Hough And Carol Toner, Part 2, Donna Loring
Donna Loring, Interviewed By Mazie Hough And Carol Toner, Part 2, Donna Loring
MF144 Women in the Military
Donna Loring, interviewed by Mazie Hough and Carol Toner, June 19, 2001, at the CATS Library in Augusta, Maine. Donna talks about enlisting in 1966; training in California and going to Vietnam; serving in the Military Occupational Specialty Signals Corps and as a soldier of the Women’s Army Corps. Text: 9 pp. transcript. Time: 01:20:59. Restrictions: None. Approval to release provided by James Francis of the Penobscot Historic Preservation Committee, 2024-02-23.
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Robert L. “Bob” Towle, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 1, Robert L. Towle
Robert L. “Bob” Towle, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 1, Robert L. Towle
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
NA4503 Robert L. “Bob” Towle, interviewed by John J. Springer in Lewiston, Maine on July 7, 1999. Towle talks about entering the military before finishing high school at the suggestion of a judge who offering one of two options; going into basic training, advanced training, then jump school to prove himself; serving 20 months in the 82 Airborne stateside before being sent to the 509th 82nd Airborne Germany, then to the 25th Infantry in Vietnam. Towle speaks at length about his training experiences; being rendered “a non-person” within 90 minutes of reporting for basic training; compares enlistment with a jail …
Robert L. “Bob” Towle, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 2, Robert L. Towle
Robert L. “Bob” Towle, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 2, Robert L. Towle
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
NA4503 Robert L. “Bob” Towle, interviewed by John J. Springer in Lewiston, Maine on July 7, 1999. Towle talks about entering the military before finishing high school at the suggestion of a judge who offering one of two options; going into basic training, advanced training, then jump school to prove himself; serving 20 months in the 82 Airborne stateside before being sent to the 509th 82nd Airborne Germany, then to the 25th Infantry in Vietnam. Towle speaks at length about his training experiences; being rendered “a non-person” within 90 minutes of reporting for basic training; compares enlistment with a jail …
Robert L. “Bob” Towle, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 3, Robert L. Towle
Robert L. “Bob” Towle, Interviewed By John J. Springer, Part 3, Robert L. Towle
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
NA4503 Robert L. “Bob” Towle, interviewed by John J. Springer in Lewiston, Maine on July 7, 1999. Towle talks about entering the military before finishing high school at the suggestion of a judge who offering one of two options; going into basic training, advanced training, then jump school to prove himself; serving 20 months in the 82 Airborne stateside before being sent to the 509th 82nd Airborne Germany, then to the 25th Infantry in Vietnam. Towle speaks at length about his training experiences; being rendered “a non-person” within 90 minutes of reporting for basic training; compares enlistment with a jail …