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PFC Lillian M. Michel Oral History
Publication date: 31 July 2024
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title:
PFC Lillian M. Michel Oral History
creator:
Michel, Lillian May (Couvion) (1916 May 29 - )
subject:
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) | Women's Army Corps (WAC)
description:
Lillian May Michel (formerly Couvion) was born on May 26, 1916 in Los Angeles, California. She enlisted in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in January 1943 and went to basic training at Daytona Beach, Florida. After basic training, she was sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri and Greensboro, North Carolina to get advanced training to join the Army Air Forces. She remained in the service when the WAAC became the Women’s Army Corps, and was stationed at Patterson Field in Dayton, Ohio. She remained in the service until the end of the war, receiving her discharge in December 1945. When she left the service Michel had reached the rank of private 1st class, and for her service she was awarded a Women’s Army Corps Service 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:
Ownby, Miriam
date:
2004-09-10
type:
Audio
format:
CD
identifier:
644; 2005.644
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
121163
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-45
rights:
Unrestricted