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YN1 Rita G. Weaver Oral History Side A
Publication date: 20 August 2024
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title:
YN1 Rita G. Weaver Oral History Side A
creator:
Weaver, Rita Ursula (Gormley) (1922 July 10 - )
subject:
Coast Guard SPARs
description:
Side 1 of 2. Rita U. Weaver (formerly Gormley) was born on July 10, 1922 in Lynn, Massachusetts. She enlisted in the Coast Guard SPARs in 1942 and went to basic training at Hunter College in New York City, New York. After basic, she went to Stillwater, Oklahoma for yeoman training at Oklahoma A&M University. After completing her advanced training in Stillwater, she was assigned to the Office of Naval Engineering and Construction in Washington, DC, where she remained until her discharge in 1944 following her wedding. Her husband was sent to Europe after their wedding, and after her discharge she waited for him to return from Bastone, Belgium. When she left the service Weaver had reached the rank of yeoman 1st class, and for her service she was awarded an American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Knudsen, Virginia S.
date:
2004-07-17
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
977; 2004.977
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
018121
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1942-44
rights:
Unrestricted