Oral History Interview with Sybil Bale, September 23, 2001 Page: 32
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Oral History Interview with Sybil Bale, September 23, 2001 (Sound)
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Sybil Bale. Bale was born in Clovis, New Mexico in 1920. In 1940 she went to Washington, D.C. to work for the Lend Lease Program as a secretary. She tells of seeing the program grow from a staff of four with four secretaries to over 750 employees when she left in 1941. Returning to New Mexico, Sybil was employed by the Selective Service Draft Board as an auditor and tells of the work it entailed. She describes the classification process of civilians including those who worked on the Manhattan Project. She tells of getting married in 1952 to a career Marine and of her life married to a World War II veteran who also served in Korea and Vietnam.
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Oral History Interview with Sybil Bale, September 23, 2001, text, September 23, 2001; Fredericksburg, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1603603/m1/32/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.