Sue Oliver Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: This collection has not yet been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1399
What's in the full collection?: December 2022 oral history transcript, digital copies of two photograph albums, photographs, 2 page memoir, pins, devices, 13 February 1970 Leeward View, Camp H.M. Smith newsletter
Full biography: Sue Oliver (b. 1947). of Alton, Illinois, served in the United States Women Marines from 1969-1972 and the New York Army National Guard/Army Reserve from 1978-1983. Sue Oliver was born on 18 November 1947. Oliver joined the United States Women Marines in Springfield, Illinois in June 1969. Oliver completed Officer Candidate School (OCS) at Quantico, Virginia in 1969. After OCS, she was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant. She then attended Personnel Administration School at Parris Island, South Carolina in 1969. Later that same year, she spent two weeks on recruiting duty at Western Illinois University (WIU) and the University of Illinois. In 1970, Oliver was stationed at Camp Smith in Hawaii. While at Camp Smith, she was an officer in the Awards and Decoration Branch of Fleet Marine Force Pacific (FMFPAC) and then served as 1st Commanding Officer of the Women Marine Company. Oliver worked at Camp Smith in Hawaii until 1972 when she left the Marines. In 1978, Oliver joined the New York Army National Guard/Army Reserve in Buffalo, New York. She initially served as a Race Relation/Equal Opportunity Officer and then as Group Communications Officer. Oliver also served at the Army Reserve Unit in Amherst, New York where she served as the 01-Administration Officer/Signal Officer until 1983. Sue Oliver met and married her husband, Thomas S. Oliver, Jr., and they raised three children.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Marines -- Women Marines
Army -- Army National Guard
Conflict: Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Subject headings: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States--History--1945-
United States. Marine Corps--Women
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Captain Sue Oliver stands next to another U.S. Army officer.

: Captain Suzanne Gillispie; Caption on back: " Cap't Suzanne Gillispie USMC."

: General Arthur H. Adams and First Lieuenant C.S. Gilliispie; Caption on back reads: "Gen. Arthur H. Adams, Deputy Commanding General Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, the honored guest during the 28th Anniversary of the Women Marine Corps, cuts the cake while 1st Lt. C.S. Gilliispie, Commanding Officer of Women Marine Company Camp H.M. Smith, looks on. 12 February 1971."

: Leeward view [13 February 1970]; Newsletter of Headqaurters and Service Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, at Camp H.H. Smith, Oahu, Hawaii.

: Oral History Interview with Sue Oliver; Sue Oliver speaks of her family, education, military experience, and adventures with her friends. She discusses women’s role in the military, her travels with her friends, how she met her husband, her experience in the reserves, and how they raised their children.

: Photograph album of Sue Oliver

: Photograph album of Sue Oliver

: Sue Oliver (in front) and another Women Marine walk down the stairs at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("The Punchbowl") in Ohau, Hawaii. Circa 1971; Caption on back: "We're walking down the steps at the Punchbowl (cemetery for WWII soldiers of the Pacific."

: Sue Oliver (on left) and another Woman Marine at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("The Punchbowl") in Ohau, Hawaii.; Caption on back: “Punchbowl again with Diamond Head in the Background.” Circa 1971.

: Sue Oliver (on right) and two other Women Marines at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("The Punchbowl") in Ohau, Hawaii.; Caption on back: “We were told we get to go eat. Punchbowl.” Circa 1971.

: Sue Oliver (second from right) and three other Women Marines at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("The Punchbowl") in Ohau, Hawaii.; Caption on back: "Punchbowl More Stairs!!"

: Sue Oliver and the 1972 Women Marines Company at Camp H.M. Smith; First Lieutenant and Commanding Officer Sue Oliver (front row on left), poses with the Women Marine Company at Camp H.M. Smith in Oahu, Hawaii in 1972. The company is wearing the green and white pinstriped summer service uniform.

: Sue Oliver at her desk.; Sue Oliver doing paperwork during her assignment to the 221st Engineer Group of the New York Army National Guard in Buffalo, New York in 1978.

: Sue Oliver sits on a couch.; Sue Oliver, wearing her dress blue uniform, sits on a couch.

: Sue Oliver wearing her U.S. Army Dress Blue Uniform

: Suzanne Gillispie (on right) at Officer Candidate School (OCS) graduation; Caption on back: “Suzanne Gillispie shaking hands with a Marine officer. Graduation from OCS.”

: Woman Marine Officers Personnel Admin. Course; Group photo at graduation of Woman Marine Officers Personnel Admin. Course, January 1970 class.

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