Claudine Scottie Lingelbach World War II Interview

Claudine Scottie Lingelbach World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

Lawrence (Kan.) -- Oral history.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.

Claudine “Scottie” Lingelbach served in the United States Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service) as a courier for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She enlisted in 1944 and attained the rank of Ensign. Interviewed on June 18, 2007, by Pattie Johnston, Lingelbach talked about her military experiences during the Second World War. Lingelbach was born in Colorado on April 8, 1922, and grew up in Topeka, Kansas. She earned a business degree from the University of Kansas before joining WAVES. She completed basic training at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Lingelbach passed away on April 3, 2018.

Lingelbach, Claudine Scottie

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2007-06-18

Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. This interview can be used freely for purposes beyond educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/lingelbach-claudine-scottie-wwii-interview

Obituary: https://rumsey-yost.com/2018/04/thelma-claudine-scottie-lingelbach/

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

Claudine Lingelbach was also interviewed as part of the Kansas Veterans History Project; the video recording of that interview can be accessed at https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.05594/

MP4

eng

Oral History

Lingel_Claudine Scottie WWII Interview

Washington (D.C.)

1940 - 1945

Johnston, Pattie

Lingelbach, Claudine Scottie

Lawrence (Kan.)

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0:58:46

127 kbit/s (audio)

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