Naval War College (U.S.)

Calden discusses her service in the Marine Corps (WR) from 1943-1945, including her boot camp experience at Camp LeJeune and her work in the photography lab there. She comments on social life, friendships, dating, her marriage to a Marine, and her positive feelings about her experience.

Kenser, Jean Laidler, 1923-. Reminiscences of an enlisted rate, USMC (WR) during WWII. Includes youth in Providence, RI.; Work at Hospital Trust;joined MC in April 1943; Wanted to make a contribution and MC ad­ vertised as the best service; Assigned to recruiting office, Boston, Mass.; Attended USNTS (WR) Hunter College, for training; Attended NCO School, Camp Lejeune, N.C.; Graduated as Corpo­ ral and assigned to Headquarter Company, Women Reserve School as clerk/typist; Collateral duty as Drill Instructor; Recreation; Dating; Married a Marine in 1944; Discharged in May 1945; Impact of MC service on life; Changes WWII brought to women's lives; Member RI. Chapter of Association of Women Marines; Marine Corps service a positive experience and one of growth.

Macdonald, Jean Lett, 1918-2004. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE Officer. Includes her growing up in Ashland, Ohio, teacher in Ashland;Joined WAVES in 1943, USNMS (WR) at Mt. Holyoke and Smith Colleges; Assigned to Naval Office, Procurement, NYC where she was involved in recruiting in Harlem and Connecti­ cut; Made records for the Voice of America; Instructed recruiters in N.Y. and NJ.; Marriage in NYC April I945; Reaction to V-E and V:J Day; Separated from the service in November 1945; Work as Training Officer, Civil Service; Positive feelings about the WAVES.

Yarnall, Jean Toresina, 1923-. Reminiscences of a WWII WAVE who seived as a Link Trainer Instructor, includes early years in Hartford, Conn.; Employment at Connecticut General Life Insurance Co.; Reaction to Pearl Harbor attack; Enlisted in the WAVES in I943; Training and Indoctrination at USNTS (WR) , Bronx, N.Y.;Link Trainer School, NAS Adan ta, Ga.; Living conditions and social lite; Watches; In­ structor billet in maintenance procedures and voice procedures, Atlanta, Ga.; Link Trainer in­ structor at Groton NAS, Groton, Conn., then Quonset Point, RI.; Promotion to Chief; Marriage in I948; Navy Wife; Discharged from Navy in I950; Attendance at WAVE reunions; Ocean State WAVES; Employment as Head, Circulation Department, Warwick Public Library; Impact of WAVES service on her life.

Kuster, Jessie Eagleson, 1921-. Reminiscences of WWII enlisted WAVE. Includes her youth in suburb of Glasgow, Scotland and Providence, RI.; Employed as a secretary at Anaconda Wire and Cable; Enlisted in WAVES in September 1943 for patriotic reasons; Training at USNTS (WR), Hunter College; Daily routine; Yeoman Training at Iowa State, Cedar Falls, Iowa; Assigned to CNO's Office, Intelligence Divi­sion, Sabotage Section, 1944-1946; Lived at Arlington Farms; Met ADM E.J. King, President Tru­ man and Douglas Fairbanks; Victory over Japapn Day; Promoted to Chief; Assigned to Naval Communications, 1946-1950; Assigned to CINCNELM, Strategic Naval Planning Division, London, England, 1951- 1953; Opportunities for travel; Married in London in 1952; Witnessed Coronation of Queen Eliz­abeth II; Assigned to Norfolk Naval Base, Planning Section, 1952-1955; Navy wife until 1961; Sec­retary at Quonset Point NAS and Electric Boat; Retired in 1982; Attended WAVE reunions, 1962 and 1992; Positive comments about naval career. Part of WAVES in WWII Oral History Project.

Hanlon, Joan L. Crump, 1922. Civilian woman who worked in the mail room at the Bayonne Naval Base, Bayonne, NJ., dur­ing World War II; Comments on work regime, co-workers, social life, family life, rationing, dating, V Day, postwar work in department stores, marriage and move to Rhode Island.

Oren, John B., RADM, USCG, 1909-. USCG Academy, 1933; Hunt; Calypso, Shoshone; Hamilton, 1937-1939; M. E.; Engineer Offi­ cer, Spencer, 1942; XO, Spencer; Engineer Officer, Westwind, 1943; Engineer Officer, USS Gen­ eralj. C. Breckenbriclge, 1944-1945; Inspection duties, Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, Mich., 194!>-1946; Marine Engineer, Eighth CG District, New Orleans, 1946-1949; Inspection work, Eastwind, Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., 1949; XO, Ingham, 1949; CO, Ingham, 1951; CO, Field Testing and Development Unit, CG Yard, Curtis Bay, Md., 1951-1954; Production Officer, CG Yard, Curtis Bay, Md., 1954-1956; Chief, Engineering Div, Eleventh CG District, Long Beach, Calif., 1956-1959; Chief, Engineering Division, Twelfth CG District, San Francisco, Calif., 1959-196l;Assistant Chief, Office of Engineering, HQ, 1961-1963; Chief of Staff, Eighth CG District, New Orleans, 1963-1964; Chief, Office of Engineering, HQ, 1964-1968; Retired, 1968.

Totushek, John B., VADM, USN, 1944-. CO, Naval Resetve Force; Chief of Naval Reserve; Director of Naval Reserve; Priorities as Chief of Naval Reserve; Naval Reserve Force Transformation Initiative; 9/11 events; Mobilization and Planning for Iraqi Freedom; Reserve Force capability; Integrated Personnel System.

Zimmennan, John D., CAPT, USN, 1906-1994. Education, USNA, 1925-1926; Ph. B., Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, 1929; B.D., Kenyon College, 1929; M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 1937; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1941; Honorary S.T.D., Kenyon College, 1953; Ordination, Deacon, 1929; Priest, 1930; The Pastorate, Curate, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Akron, Ohio, 1929-1932; Assistant, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Baltimore, Md., 1932-1938; Rector, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1938-1941; Duty Assignments, Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va., 1941; NAS, Quonset Point, R.I., 1941-1943; USS Miami 1943-1945; Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Va., 1945-1947; Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, Va., 1947-1949; Commander in Chief, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterra­ nean Forces, 1949-1951; Chaplains School, Newport, RI., 1951-1953; USNA, Annapolis, Md., 1953-1956; District Chaplain, Potomac River Command, 1956-1960; Retired, 1960. Postretire­ ment career, Missionary,Jerusalem, Israel, 1960-1970. Resided in London, 1970-1971; New York City, 1971-1972; Newport, R.I., 1972-1994.

Danielewicz discusses his service in the Navy during WWII, 1942-1945, including boot camp, USS Essex where he was a gunner's mate on the five inch gun, and the Battle of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, kamikaze attacks, a fire on the USS Essex, a typhoon, bombarding Japan, VJ Day celebration, discharge, and time in the Navy Reserve for two years. Part of the WWII Veterans Oral History project.