Oral History Interview with Rocelia Madison, January 22, 2015
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Rocelia Madison. Madison joined the WAVES in December 1943. She received basic training in New York and attended machinist school in Oklahoma. Upon completion, she was assigned to Corpus Christi, where she worked as an aviation machinist’s mate, servicing mostly PBMs and the occasional PBY. She got along well with her crewmates and received equal pay to the men. She married a sailor, Joe Wesley Harmon, and the two were disch…
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Date:
January 22, 2015
Duration:
49 minutes 32 seconds
Creator:
Madison, Rocelia
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation