Harper World War II veteran Natick Veterans Oral History Project
Channel: natvets1
Date: 06/09/2011

Florence Wheaton joined the U.S. Naval reserves in December 1944 "to see more of my world." She was stationed at the Lighter Than Air Base in Richmond, Fla., where she served as a "Liberty Yeoman," the one who distributed Liberty passes to Naval personnel. She talks about her time in Florida, including a fire at the air base that destroyed many of the base's aircraft. Florence also talks about postwar life in Framingham and Ashland.