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YN3 Doris Howard Oral History
Publication date: 31 July 2024
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title:
YN3 Doris Howard Oral History
creator:
Howard, Doris Baker (1919 Ocotober 11 - 2008 March 8)
subject:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-45
description:
Doris Howard (formerly Baker) was born in Eagle Pass, Texas on October 11, 1919. She moved to Gonzales, Texas when she was 16 years old and has lived there her entire life since. She looked at the Coast Guard SPARs because she knew a friend who was a recruiter from the Coast Guard, and her mother objected to her joining the Women’s Army Corps. Her family had also participated in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the Civil War and she always liked the idea of the Coast Guard, so she enlisted in the SPARs in February 1943. She was sent to Palm Beach, Florida for basic and yeoman training. She remembers the worst job there was the dishwashing for all of the soldiers stationed there. After 6 months she was sent to Washington, DC at the Coast Guard Headquarters in the Morale Division to do secretarial work. She stayed at the barracks that were built on Kalorama Road. Since she was stationed in DC, she marched in President Roosevelt’s funeral procession. She was discharged early, in July 1945 to return home and take care of her father, who had suffered a stroke. If she didn’t have to return home, she thinks she would have stayed in the service. Upon her discharge Howard had reached the rank of yeoman 3rd class, and for her service she was awarded an American Campaign Medal and a World War II Victory Medal. Howard passed away in March 2008. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Weigand, Cindy
date:
2003-08-05
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
456; 2003.456
source:
Weigand | CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
043541
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1943-45
rights:
Unrestricted