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TSgt Gladys Ruth Gallivan Oral History
Publication date: 24 July 2024
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title:
TSgt Gladys Ruth Gallivan Oral History
creator:
Gallivan, Gladys Ruth (Tresner) (1916 April 1 - )
subject:
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
description:
Gladys R. Gallivan (formerly Tresner) as born in Darlington, Wisconsin on April 1, 1916. She graduated from the high school in that same city, and attended a local business college afterwards. After finishing that course, she worked as a typist at Nordberg Manufacturing until enlisting in the Marine Corps in April 1943. By September of that year, she was at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina for basic training, where she was also on the drill team. After training, she was stationed at Cherry Point, North Carolina and worked in Aerology with floating balloons. From there, she was transferred to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California. She was one of the first woman Marines in the barracks there. She was assigned to Communications as a teletype operator, decoding typed messages as they came off the teletype. She remained in this position until her discharge in 1946, although she stayed in the office as a member of the civil service for nearly a decade afterwards. From there, she worked at the Marine Corps Recruitment Depot in San Diego, California in administration at the management assistant’s office. She worked there until retiring from the civil service in 1985. When she left the service, Gallivan had reached the rank of tech sergeant, and for her service she was awarded and American Campaign Medal and World War II Victory Medal. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Wilson, Eleanor M.
date:
2003-08-08
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
322; 2003.322
source:
MCHC | CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
032720
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-46
rights:
Unrestricted