Interview of former U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) radio technician Eleanor Jean Bechtel on her service during World War II
Former U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) radio technician Eleanor Jean Bechtel discusses her enlistment, the social environment in wartime America, her basic training in West Palm Beach, FL, and receiving electronics and radio instruction at the Ben Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia. She also talks about the base in Florida where she trained, seeing John Wayne and Robert Montgomery there filming a movie, and moving to post-war Japan to work as a civilian secretary.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2003-07-29
- Interviewees
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Bechtel, Eleanor Jean
- Interviewers
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Cavanaugh, Katie
- Subjects
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Bechtel, Eleanor Jean
United States. Coast Guard. Women's Reserve
World War (1939-1945)
Armed Forces--Civilian employees
Basic training (Military education)
Military participation--Female
Military training camps
Secretaries
Social conditions
Soldiers
Veterans
Women veterans
Florida
Florida--West Palm Beach
Japan
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Series
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Few good women
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 01:27:59
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2003 July 29
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 41869
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13079122
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