Ann Holder Andavall Collection
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Oral history interview with Ann Holder Andavall
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Ann Holder Andavall speaks about her early life, work in a war plant, and service in the WAVES. Andavall primarily discusses her experiences as a war plant worker and aerial gunnery instructor. She explains the reasons women entered military service, the treatment women received while enlisted, the rigors of aerial gunnery instruction, and outlines her various roles in the Liberty Aircraft plant. Andavall describes dating men who died during the war, her collegiate education, the stress of her early life, and her marriage. Other topics include her wartime association with actor Richard Kiley, her political views, the domineering nature of her guardian's wife, and her feelings regarding the changing role of women in both the civilian and military worlds.
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WAVES aerial gunnery unit
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Group photo of WAVES Aerial Gunnery Unit 3A2 poses outside of barracks at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, in September of 1945." Pictured (L to R) are: Back row: June Osbourne, Claire Calloway, Shirley Dickstew, Yvonne Forbes, Helen Dolan, Mary Burmingham, Marion Browne, Pat Connolly, Alice Robinson, Hazel Brown, and Sally Moore. Forth row: Jindie Bys[?], Jo Puckett, Helen Studlieu, Rokie Graves, Flossie Bruss, and Hazel Smith. Third row: Jean Wear, Jo Jenouski(Sachs), Betty Brackett Robinson, Peg Pritchard, Jennie Leied, Eva Christensen, Martha Fell, Betty Rucker, Anne O'Brien, and Betty Cottrell. Second row: Betty Hayes, Helen Shay, Winnie Donellan[?], Jani Wherle, Adelaide Silver, and Pat McNutt. First row: Tennesse[e] (Phyllis Roberts), Jean Thurck, Evelyn Marsh, Mr. Perry, Anne Holder, Jean Bullett, and Jig Shaft. The names of Martha Turner, Connie Alzonzi, Carol Adams, Dorothy Sipe, Ethel Kimzie[?], and Edna Arut are also listed.
