Interview of Edna Penny Rice on her twenty-four year military career, first in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then its successors, the Women's Army Corps, and the Women in the Air Force
Edna Penny Rice talks about her twenty-four year military career, first in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then its successors, the Women's Army Corps, and the Women in the Air Force. Rice says that she enlisted because she thought she "was as good" as her brother and her fiance and felt very patriotic. Rice says that she was inducted in July 1942 and worked in personnel and administration in every military theater of operation. She describes working and living conditions at her various posting, her uniforms and her leadership and administrative responsibilities. Rice says she was was pushed into becoming an officer and never planned on making the service a career. Rice is interviewed by Marjorie Brown.
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- In Collections
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Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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1986-03-07
- Interviewees
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Rice, Edna Penny
- Interviewers
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Brown, Marjorie
- Subjects
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Rice, Edna Penny
United States. Army
United States. Air Force
World War (1939-1945)
Armed Forces
Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters
Armed Forces--Management
Armed Forces--Military life
Military participation--Female
Promotions
Veterans
Women veterans
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:07:02
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 33887
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11793222
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