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ENS Mary Esther Scamehorn Oral History
Publication date: 13 August 2024
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title:
ENS Mary Esther Scamehorn Oral History
creator:
Scamehorn, Mary Esther (Weber) (1923 October 15 - )
subject:
Navy WAVES | Navy Reserve
description:
This is the original, unedited interview audio. Mary E. Scamehorn (formerly Weber) was born on October 15, 1923 in Saunemin, Illinois. She enlisted in the Navy WAVES in June 1945 and went to basic training at Hunter College in New York. For the remainder of her World War II service, she was stationed at the US Naval Hospital Corps School in Great Lakes, Illinois and the Long Beach, California Naval Hospital as a pharmacist’s mate 3rd class. She was discharged from active duty in June 1946, but rejoined the Navy as a Reserve in November 1949. She served in the Reserves as an ensign at Fort Creek in Omaha, Nebraska until receiving an honorable discharge in February 1954. When she left the service Scamehorn had reached the rank of ensign, and for her service she was awarded a World War II Victory Medal, National Defense Service Medal, and Freedom U.S.A. Ribbon. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Rosenkotter, Judy
date:
2003-09-18
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
825; 2004.825
source:
VHP | CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
080083
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1945-46 | 1949-54
rights:
Unrestricted