Helen Shoobridge Oral History
Content Description
The collection includes a December 2004 oral history transcript.
Dates
- 2004 December
Creator
- Shoobridge, Helen (Person)
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Collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical
Helen Shoobridge (b. 1919), of Greensboro, North Carolina, served in the United States' Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War II in the United States, New Guinea, and the Philippines.
Helen Shoobridge was born 1919 in Greensboro, North Carolina. After graduating from Greensboro High School, She attended Guilford College. Upon graduation from Guilford College, Shoobridge found employment in an insurance adjustment bureau."
Shoobridge enlisted in the United States Women's Army Corps [WAC] after learning of the Japanese attacks on Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She received her basic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Her first duty station was Fort Washington, Maryland, where she served as a typist."
After serving a time at Fort Washington, Shoobridge volunteered for overseas duty. She was assigned to duty in Manila, Philippines, but was temporarily stationed in New Guinea whilst in route. After serving in Manila for a time, Shoobridge was reassigned to the city of Tarlac." After the conclusion of World War Two, Shoobridge was granted an overseas discharge. She spent an indefinite amount of time traveling around the Pacific and residing in Australia.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 folder )
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
Helen Shoobridge served in the United States' Women's Army Corps [WAC] during World War Two in the United States, New Guinea, and the Philippines.
The collection includes a 2004 December oral history transcript.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: oral history.
Condition Description
The condition is good.
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Processing Information
Processed by Matthew McCarthy.
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- History
- United States. Army. Women's Army Corps -- Interviews
- Women and the military
- Women veterans
- Women veterans -- United States -- Interviews
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
- Title
- Helen Shoobridge Oral History
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Matthew McCarthy
- Date
- 2022 July
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository