Doris Carr Ball oral history transcription, 2000
Scope and Contents
Ball discusses her reasons for joining the WAVES in 1943, training at the US Naval Training School (WR), Hunter College, assignment as a file clerk in Washington, DC in the Bureau of Personnel, then worked in the mailroom. Comments on residence in Arlington Farms, social life, recreation and marriage in June 1945. Ball continued her affiliation with the Navy as a navy wife for sixteen years.
Ball was born in Woonsocket, RI in 1922. She spent her youth there and worked for US Rubber making barrage balloons after she graduated from high school in 1940. After her years as a navy wife, she returned to Warwick, RI and was employed by J.F. Moran Company.
Part of the WAVES in WWII Oral History Project.
Dates
- Creation: 2000
Creator
- Ball, Doris Carr (Person)
- Naval War College (U.S.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.
Extent
1 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Subject
- United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve (Organization)
Repository Details
Part of the Naval War College Archives Repository