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Oral history interview with Bernice Simet, March 16, 1985

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Interview with Bernice Simet conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project on March 16, 1985. Simet enlisted with the U.S. Coast Guard in 1943 and talks about her service in the Coast Guard SPARS (Women's Reserve) and worked as a recruiter and barracks manager during World War II. She left the Coast Guard after the war and regretted losing the pension she would have accrued.

Copyright agreement: Yes
Digitized: Yes, from analog cassette to .wav files and to CD (.cda files)
Re-digitized in 2025 from analog recording to .wav file.
Transcript: Yes, scanned from original analog to .pdf; original hard copy of rough draft and final transcript in admin file.
ID Number: 1985.134.23
Date: 1985
Creator(s): Simet, Bernice, 1906-1998, Interviewee; McConaghy, Lorraine, Interviewer
Physical Description: 1 sound cassette (60 min. 48 sec.) : analog + 1 transcript (19 pages)
Additional Information: Inventoried as part of a 2018 4Culture Collections Care grant.
View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv89619
Credit: MOHAI, Life on the Homefront Oral History Collection, 1985.134.23
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