Oral history interview with Sherley Mae White, 2010

Sherley Mae White tells of her early life and education, the process of entering the service, her SPARS career, and her life after leaving the service. White discusses her family, SPARS training, her friends in the service and Girl Scouts (many of whom were the same people), college education, and l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: White, Sherley Mae
Other Authors: Koelsch, Beth Ann
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Greensboro, N.C. : The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. University Libraries 2010
Subjects:
World War
1939-1945;United States. Coast Guard
World War II era (1940-1946)
Coast Guard > SPARS
Ketchikan
Alaska
Online Access:http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/ref/collection/WVHP/id/9642
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Summary:Sherley Mae White tells of her early life and education, the process of entering the service, her SPARS career, and her life after leaving the service. White discusses her family, SPARS training, her friends in the service and Girl Scouts (many of whom were the same people), college education, and later career. Other subjects include her views on war, current politics, anecdotes about friends and family, and the educational system. May 2010 oral history interview, a scrapbook about her time in service in Palm Beach, Florida and another scrapbook about her time the Coast Guard Base in Ketchikan, Alaska, insignia, patches, medals, ribbons, newspapers, 2 copies of newspaper The Bowsprit. photographs, correspondence, souvenirs, sketches, and military papers.

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