Oral history interview with Anna Robinson, 2007 November 27.

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Oral history interview with Anna Robinson, 2007 November 27.

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Interview with Anna Robinson, an Army veteran, concerning her childhood and education in Fort Worth; decision to drop out of high school to play professional softball; decision to enlist in Women's Army Corps in 1944; basic training at Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga.; clerical training at Indianatown Gap, Pa., and Ft. Meade, Md.; deployment as supply sergeant to Bremerhaven, Germany; impression of wartime destruction of German cities, suffering of civilians, and conditions of Holocaust sites; injuries sustained in truck accident; Germans' attitude toward American occupation force; presence of gay officers and enlisted personnel in WAC unit and nearby male units; decision not to accept officer training and to leave service; return home; "coming out" experience after the war; opinions regarding "Don't ask, don't tell" policy,; education at Texas Wesleyan College; civilian career as an artist/graphics specialist with Continental Oil Co. and City of Fort Worth; involvement in Agape Metropolitan Community Church and Women in Military Service for America organization; experiences as a tourist in Germany.

48, [2] leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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