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RM2 Verona Valentine Ging Oral History
Publication date: 24 July 2024
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title:
RM2 Verona Valentine Ging Oral History
creator:
Ging, Verona Valentine (Thomas) (1923 February 14 - )
subject:
Navy WAVES
description:
This is the original, unedited interview audio. Verona Ging (formerly Thomas) was born on February 14, 1923 in Fallon, Nevada. She enlisted in the Navy WAVES with a friend also from Fallon in 1943. After basic training, she was sent to Oxford, Ohio to train as a radioman. From there, she was assigned to the Naval Torpedo Station in Alexandria, Viriginia as a radio operator. She stayed in this position until her discharge in 1945. When she left the service, Ging had reached the rank of radioman 2nd 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:
Bellafaire, Judy
date:
2003-07-21
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
343; 2003.343
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
034316
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-45
rights:
Unrestricted