Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elizabeth Penn Hammond Vieau. Vieau was born on 11 May 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. After high school graduation in 1936, she attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur as a math major. Vieau joined the Navy WAVES around December of 1942, completed Supply Corps officer training at Harvard in Cambridge. She served as a paymaster for Naval ROTC students at Georgia Tech, and describes her financial responsibilities in that role. She was later transferred to Naval Air Station Pensacola, and then to Boston. Vieau met and married her husband, Vee, who was a Navy flight instructor. She was discharged after the war ended.
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Vieau, Elizabeth P
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David L. Houston, May 17, 2016 transcript

Oral History Interview with David L. Houston, May 17, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Lipscomb Houston. Houston graduated from high school around 1938. He enrolled in Pre-Med at Hardin Junior College, Wichita Falls, Texas in September of 1941. He enlisted in the US Army on 30 June 1942 and served with the 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. His unit landed at Fedala, Morocco on 8 November 1942 for the Invasion of North Africa. In September of 1943, they invaded Italy. Houston returned to the US in mid-1944, and was assigned as a surgical assistant in the New York Point of Embarkation Station Hospital. In July of 1945, Houston graduated from Officer Candidate School in Louisiana. He was discharged in late 1945, and remained in the Army Reserve for 28 years.
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Houston, David L
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elizabeth Penn Hammond Vieau. Vieau was born on 11 May 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. After high school graduation in 1936, she attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur as a math major. Vieau joined the Navy WAVES around December of 1942, completed Supply Corps officer training at Harvard in Cambridge. She served as a paymaster for Naval ROTC students at Georgia Tech, and describes her financial responsibilities in that role. She was later transferred to Naval Air Station Pensacola, and then to Boston. Vieau met and married her husband, Vee, who was a Navy flight instructor. She was discharged after the war ended.
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Vieau, Elizabeth P
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with David L. Houston, May 17, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with David L. Houston, May 17, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with David Lipscomb Houston. Houston graduated from high school around 1938. He enrolled in Pre-Med at Hardin Junior College, Wichita Falls, Texas in September of 1941. He enlisted in the US Army on 30 June 1942 and served with the 3rd Medical Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division. His unit landed at Fedala, Morocco on 8 November 1942 for the Invasion of North Africa. In September of 1943, they invaded Italy. Houston returned to the US in mid-1944, and was assigned as a surgical assistant in the New York Point of Embarkation Station Hospital. In July of 1945, Houston graduated from Officer Candidate School in Louisiana. He was discharged in late 1945, and remained in the Army Reserve for 28 years.
Date: May 17, 2016
Creator: Houston, David L
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History