Kimberly Galloway Oral History
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Oral history interview with Kimberly Galloway
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Primarily documents Kimberly Galloway's service in the U.S. Air Force Security Service from 1974 to 1979. Galloway primarily discusses her experiences as a woman in the mostly male security service, and her deployments to Japan and Greece. She remembers facing discrimination and harassment, and recalls the difficulties of serving as a Morse systems operator. Galloway also details her reasons for leaving Ohio, and how military service enriched her later life. " Other subjects include her views on women in combat and discrimination; her desire for equal social rights for all; and the experience of living in Japan and Greece. Additionally, she discusses her later life and marriage; personal views on parenting; her desire to serve as a mentor; and her role in the 1976 defection of MiG-25 pilot Viktor Ivanovich Belenko to the United States.
