Interview primarily documents Millie Dunn Veasey's service in the WAAC [Women's Auxiliary Army Corps] and the WAC [Women's Army Corps] during World War II, and her subsequent education and career at St. Augustine's College.
Veasey discusses her family's concerns about her enlistment because of her low weight and health problems, as well as the black community's negative response to female enlistment. She provides details concerning basic training, including the difficulty finding a uniform that fit, segregation in the military, and her thoughts on essentially freeing her brother to fight. She also describes her social life, job duties, and racial attitudes while stationed at Camp Maxey and Fort Clark in Texas.
" Most of the interview focuses on Veasy's time spent overseas. Topics include overseas training; treatment for a nosebleed before boarding the Queen Elizabeth; seasickness; a fellow WAC suffering from tuberculosis; buzz bombs; social activities and dating; and celebrations in London on VE Day and VJ Day. Other service topics include MPs requiring passes to visit WACs; the changes in women's role in the service; and adjusting to civilian life .
" Personal topics discussed by Veasy include meeting and marrying her husband; her thoughts on women serving in combat positions; attending school as a veteran; opinions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt; summary of her education and work at Saint Augustine's College; and her time as the president of the Raleigh NAACP. She died in Raleigh on 9 March, 2018 .
