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Sgt Audrey Anita Ruban Oral History Side A
Publication date: 13 August 2024
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title:
Sgt Audrey Anita Ruban Oral History Side A
creator:
Ruban, Audrey Anita "Cookie" (Standt) (1922 January 6 - )
subject:
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) | Women's Army Corps (WAC)
description:
Side 1 of 2. This is the original, unedited interview audio. Audrey A. “Cookie” Ruban (formerly Standt) was born on January 6, 1922 in Newark, New Jersey. She enlisted in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in 1943 and stayed in when it turned into the Women’s Army Corps. She went to basic training at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, and afterwards she worked in recruitment from three different stations: Camp Forrest, Tennessee; Birmingham, Alabama; and Camp Gordon, Georgia. Some of her favorite memories include setting up a recruitment booth at the Alabama State Fair, singing at church services at Camp Forrest, and drilling the entire company at Fort Des Moines. She received he discharge in November 1945 with the rank of sergeant, and for her service she was awarded an Army Good Conduct Medal, Women’s Army Corps Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Pedemonte, Monica
date:
2004-08-20
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
811; 2004.811
source:
VHP | CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
447919
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-45
rights:
Unrestricted