Dorothy Jean Crowell Arft Collection

Biographical Information

Name:

Dorothy Jean Crowell Arft

State of Birth:

NY

Home State:

FL

Gender

Female

Race

White

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War or Conflict

Korean War, 1950-1953

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1951-1955

Entrance into Service

Enlisted

Branch of Service

WAVES (Navy Women's Reserve)

Location of Service

Navy Recruiting Center, Washington, DC

Highest Rank

Teleman Third Class

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veteran served as a teletype machine operator and ran a post office for the Navy. The veteran tells of seeing Jimmy Dean perform.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording

Interviewer:

Don Moore

Contributor:

Don Moore

Contributor Affiliation/Organization:

Sun Newspapers

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/80524

Subjects:

Arft, Dorothy Jean Crowell

Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal Narratives

United States. WAVES (Navy Women's Reserve).

Cite as:

Dorothy Jean Crowell Arft Collection
(AFC/2001/001/80524), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress