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Sgt Nancy May Henke Oral History
Publication date: 30 July 2024
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title:
Sgt Nancy May Henke Oral History
creator:
Henke, Nancy May (White) (1921 August 15 - )
subject:
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
description:
This is the original, unedited interview audio. Nancy May Henke (White) was born on August 15, 1921. She enlisted in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve in August 1943 and went to basic training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. She went to 9th Motor Transport School and finished advanced training in October 1943 in Company I, 12th Battalion, 3rd Platoon. Her first station was at Cunningham Field in Cherry Point, North Carolina, where she drove buses and trucks. From there, she was sent to San Diego, California for extra training before being stationed at the Marine Corps Air Station EWA Airfield in Oahu, Hawaii in February 1945. She remained there until being discharged from Henderson Hall in Arlington, Virginia in November 1945. Upon her discharge Henke had reached the rank of sergeant, and for her service she was awarded an American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Beckner, Jennifer
date:
2003-01-28
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
423; 2003.423
source:
MCHC | CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
040971
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-45
rights:
Unrestricted