Winifred Lois Moore Breegle Collection

Biographical Information

Gender

Female

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War or Conflict

World War, 1939-1945

Military Status

Veteran

Dates of Service

1944-1949

Entrance into Service

Commissioned

Branch of Service

WAVES (Navy Women's Reserve)

Location of Service

Baltimore, Maryland; Washington, DC

Highest Rank

Ensign

Prisoner of War

No

Service History Note

The veterans served as a cryptographer, coding officer, sending messages to and from Navajo Code Talkers in the Pacific Theater.

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Audio: Flash Drive [0 item] -- Oral history interview

Video: Flash Drive [1 item] -- Oral history interview

Computer File: Flash Drive [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files

Manuscript: Clippings [5 items] -- Typewritten document

Photograph: Digital print [10 items] -- Photographs

Interviewer:

Kathryn Puder

Contributor:

Kathryn Puder

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/121700

Subjects:

Breegle, Winifred Lois Moore

World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives

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

Cite as:

Winifred Lois Moore Breegle Collection
(AFC/2001/001/121700), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress