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Description
Oral history interview of Joyce Fletcher. Interview conducted by Jessica Oldham via Zoom in Orlando, FL on July 29th, 2021.
Log
:05 Opening remarks; :33 Place and date of birth; :43 Life growing up (siblings, parents, educations, etc.); College before commission; US Army commission; 6:28 Experience as a woman of being commissioned when it was quite rare; 7:12 Trajectory to becoming a major in the Army; 10:36 Training after commission; 11:40 Acclimating to military life; 12:57 Experience of being stationed at Fort Stewart in Georgia for 18 months; 15:32 transition to Hunter Army Airfield; 16:38 A memory from time stationed in Georgia; 17:57 Move to station at Fort Riley in Kansas; experience at this station; 26:30 Transition to Fort Sam Houston for officer training and graduate school; 27:35 Experience of graduate school and administrative residency in the military; 36:13 Transition to and experience while at William Beaumont; 40:44 Experience stationed at Fort Bliss in Texas; 43:10 Experience serving with the dental clinics at Fort Bliss; 50:33 Transition to and one-year experience while at Fort Belvoir; 53:10 Transition to and experience at Brooke Army Medical Center; 55:30 Overseeing new radiology projects at Brooke Army Medical Center; 57:45 Work developing digital radiology at Brooke Army Medical Center; 60:05 Contribution to developing system of getting CAT scanners on battlefield; 63:30 Transition to and experience at Heidelberg, Germany station; 70:40 Memory of friend's daughter committing suicide because of rape; 73:04 Return to work and experience at William Beaumont; 76:03 Experience returning to the States from Germany; 77:20 Medals and special awards received during service; 79:10 What it means to Fletcher being a part of revolutionizing standards for women; 87:23 Life immediately after retirement - transition back to civilian life; 91:30 Involvement in the veterans community, particularly the Daughters of the American Revolution; 97:46 Applying military training to civilian life; 99:44 Advice to young people thinking about joining hte service; 101:28 Fletcher's final thoughts son military experience; 102:11 Closing remarks
Date of Birth
1955-03-16
Place of Birth
Philadelphia (PA)
Gender
Female
Race
White - Non Hispanic
Home State
Pennsylvania
War or Conflict
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Status
Veteran
Begin/End date of Service - 1st
1975
Begin/End date of Service - 1st
1995
Type
Video; MovingImage
Entrance into Service
Commissioned
Location of Service
Hunter Army Airfield; FT Stewart, GA; FT Riley, KS; FT Sam Houston, TX; FT Bliss, TX; Heidelberg, Germany
Highest Rank
Major
Prisoner of War
No
Service Related Injury
No
Medals
MSM 11/OLC
City of Birth
Philadelphia
Country of Birth
United States
Interviewer
Oldham, Jessica.
Interview Date
7-29-2021
Location of Interview
Virtual using Zoom
Subjects
Fletcher Menard, Joyce; Operation Iraqi Freedom, 1975-1995, Personal Narratives. United States Army
Contributor Affiliation / Organization
RICHES University of Central Florida
Contributors
Oldham, Jessica.
Length of Interview
102:11:00
Accessibility Status
Closed captioning is available for the embedded video.
Publisher
Department of History, University of Central Florida
Type
Video; MovingImage
Rights
All rights are held by the respective holding institution. This material is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, (407) 823-2576. http://library.ucf.edu/about/departments/special-collections-university-archives/
Repository
University of Central Florida Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives
Contributing Project
UCF Community Veterans History Project
Document Type
Interview
Recommended Citation
Central Florida, RICHES of, "Fletcher Menard, Joyce Interview" (2021). Veterans Oral Histories. 707.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/veteransoralhistories/707
Transcript - J. Flecher Menard