Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016 Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016

Creator

  • Interviewee: Vieau, Elizabeth P
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Interviewer: Fargo, John
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Interviewer: Matras, Kathy
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War
    Place of Publication: Fredericksburg, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2016-05-17

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Elizabeth Penn Hammond Vieau. Vieau was born on 11 May 1919 in Atlanta, Georgia. After high school graduation in 1936, she attended Agnes Scott College in Decatur as a math major. Vieau joined the Navy WAVES around December of 1942, completed Supply Corps officer training at Harvard in Cambridge. She served as a paymaster for Naval ROTC students at Georgia Tech, and describes her financial responsibilities in that role. She was later transferred to Naval Air Station Pensacola, and then to Boston. Vieau met and married her husband, Vee, who was a Navy flight instructor. She was discharged after the war ended.
  • Physical Description: 24 p.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: World War, 1939-1945
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: People - Individuals
  • University of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure: Military and War - Wars - World War II
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Interviews
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Oral histories
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Personal narratives
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Autobiographies
  • Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms: Biographies
  • Keyword: WWII
  • Keyword: United States. Navy. Supply Corps
  • Keyword: American Women's Voluntary Services
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
  • Keyword: World War, 1939-1945 -- Finance -- United States

Primary Source

  • Item is a Primary Source

Relation

  • Oral History Interview with Elizabeth P. Vieau, May 17, 2016 - ark:/67531/metapth1610686

Collection

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Oral History Collection
    Code: NMPW
  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War Digital Archive
    Code: NMPWA

Institution

  • Name: National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation
    Code: NMPW

Rights

  • Rights License: by-nc-nd
  • Rights Statement: Commercial use is prohibited without permission from the National Museum of the Pacific War.

Resource Type

  • Text

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Accession or Local Control No: OH04602
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metapth1607039
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