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SP(V)2 Mary M. Lau Oral History
Publication date: 31 July 2024
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title:
SP(V)2 Mary M. Lau Oral History
creator:
Lau, Mary M. (Daniels) (1923 Setember 11 - )
subject:
Navy WAVES
description:
This is the original, unedited interview audio. Mary M. Lau (formerly Daniels) was born September 11, 1923 in Garner, Iowa. She went to college for a few years at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, then went to electronics school in Omaha. She was working as a ground attendant for United Airlines in Fresno, California when she decided to join the Navy WAVES, enlisting in December 1944. She went to training at Hunter College in New York and was assigned to Navy Airplane Transport Service, at Quonset Point, Rhode Island and Norfolk, Virginia. At both of those stations, she served as a Navy Air Stewardess. She flew on DC-3s, P47s, and cargo planes. Lau was discharged from the Navy after World War II ended, leaving the service in August 1946 with the rank of specialist transport airman (V) 2nd class, and for her service she was awarded a Navy Good Conduct 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:
Beck, Lois M.
date:
2008-06-20
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
1133; 2008.1133
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
616535
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1944-46
rights:
Unrestricted