Catherine Barker Oral History
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Oral history interview with Catherine Barker
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Primarily documents Catherine Barker's thirty-year career in the Marine Corps. Barker documents her time at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the anti-war sentiment that was prevalent at the time. She goes into detail about her multiple job assignments while in the Marnie Corps, including administrative officer, mobilization officer, operations officer, and site commander. Barker details how women were discriminated against and how the military changed for women over her 30 years of service. She goes into detail about the change of protocols, attitudes, and the nature of sexual assault in the military. She also talks about the treatment of veterans, the VA and the effects of PTSD on veterans. Barker also discusses how the families of soldiers are affected by having people in the military and how the military helps support them. Barker comments upon the historical military and political events that happened while she was in the Marine Corps and how they affected operations, and about America's involvement in places like Afghanistan and Iraq, and some of the issues surrounding involvement in foreign conflicts.
