| Interviewee | HATCHER, Jean Elizabeth Sheppard (b. 1924) |
| Military Service | U.S. Coast Guard SPARS WWII Veteran |
| Interview ID # | OH 1680 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | For the Tarrant County War Veterans Oral History Project. World War II-era veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserves (or SPARs). World War II-era veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserves (or SPARs). Childhood and education in Edwardsville, Virden, and Girard, Ill.; father’s experience in World War I; waitressing and clerical work following high school graduation; memories of Pearl Harbor attack; decision to enlist in Coast Guard SPAR program in June 1944; clerical training at Palm Beach, Fla.; meeting future husband, Bill Hatcher, at USO Club in West Palm Beach, Fla.; assignment to USCG headquarters in Washington, D.C.; courtship; contraction of fibromyalgia and discharge from service; 1946 wedding; family history; involvement in Ridglea United Methodist Church in Fort Worth. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ben Hegi |
| Physical Description | 74 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
