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Paula Pietrowski, Interviewed By Annie Howley, Paula K. Pietrowski
Paula Pietrowski, Interviewed By Annie Howley, Paula K. Pietrowski
MF144 Women in the Military
Paula Pietrowski, interviewed by Annie Howley, April 21, 2003. Pietrowski, age 36-37, talks about her decision to join the Coast Guard; her family and boyfriend’s reaction to her enlistment; her basic training experiences; returning to Maine for assignment; male vs. female commanding officers; tension between men and women and between women; minorities in the Coast Guard; sexual harassment; whether women should be included in the next draft; how she spent her leisure time; her discharge and transition to civilian life; rising through the ranks; gays and lesbians in the military; whether she would do it all over again; her most …
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1, Roy Zarucchi
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 1, Roy Zarucchi
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and "cannon fodder," his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned …
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2, Roy Zarucchi
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 2, Roy Zarucchi
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and "cannon fodder," his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned …
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 3, Roy Zarucchi
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, Interviewed By Stephen D. Rees, Jr., Part 3, Roy Zarucchi
MF087 Vietnam Veterans Oral History
Leroy D. “Roy” Zarucchi, interviewed by Stephen D. Rees, Jr. at Troy, Maine on July 10, 1999. Zarucchi talks about his background growing up in an Oakland, California household where Italian was his first language, his view of the military, the draft, and "cannon fodder," his first job teaching English and Latin after graduating from college and facing the news that a pending salary increase would be conversely proportional to his low wages, making the decision to enter Air Force officer training school. He discusses basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, opting to go into navigator training, being assigned …