Rosetta Furey Desrosiers oral history transcription, 1999

Desrosiers, Rosetta Furey, 1923-. Reminiscences of an enlisted rate in the SPARS during WWII. Youth in Warwick, RI.; High School graduation, 1940; Paid employment; Enlisted in SPARS in 1943; Reasons were travel and new work experience; Trained at USNTS (WR) Hunter College, Bronx, N.Y.; Attended Yeoman School, Palm Beach, Fla.; White glove inspections; Assigned to Chicago, Ill.; Social life; Assigned to Duluth, Minn., Cleveland, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich.; Discharged in De­cember 1945; Attended University of Wisconsin; Marriage; impact of service on her life; Attended SPAR reunions; Member WAVES National and Ocean State WAVES; Returned to Warwick, RI.; Work and children.