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1LT Mamie T. Samelsberger Oral History Side A
Publication date: 13 August 2024
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title:
1LT Mamie T. Samelsberger Oral History Side A
creator:
Samelsberger, Mamie T. (Maniak) (1909 September 4 - )
subject:
Women's Army Corps (WAC)
description:
Side 1 of 2. Mamie T. Samelsberger (formerly Maniak) was born on September 4, 1909 in Chicago, Illinois. She joined the Women’s Army Corps in September 1943. After basic training, she went through Officers Candidate School with the 41st class at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. She also attended Adjutant General’s School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas in 1944. She worked as an officer in recruitment, and was stationed in Patterson, New Jersey and Camp Upton in Richmond, Virginia when not in different stages and types of training. She was discharged in October 1945 out of Fort Sheridan, Illinois having reached the rank of 1st lieutenant. 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:
Wagenheim, Anita
date:
2004-03-25
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
816; 2004.816
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
079461
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-45
rights:
Unrestricted