{"id":30599,"date":"2023-10-09T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=30599"},"modified":"2023-10-10T06:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-10T06:42:43","slug":"veteran-101-recalls-service-in-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=30599","title":{"rendered":"Veteran, 101, recalls service in WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"

WWII Veteran Miriam Woolever, 101, is a parent and a grandparent who has memories and stories to tell. Her trip to Europe wasn\u2019t filled with things she wanted to see and do. It was what she felt she needed to do.<\/p>\n

She was about to turn 20 when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. She watched as her friends signed up for the draft. In May 1942, Congress approved the creation of the Women\u2019s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC). When the first WAAC training center was located in her hometown, she knew she needed to do her part.<\/p>\n

Woolever signed up. She received training to serve as a clerk\u00a0 typist. Then, Congress approved the formation of the Women\u2019s Army Corps making her and all the other members of the WAAC the first enlisted women to officially serve in the Army.<\/p>\n

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Miriam Woolever on Eisenhower\u2019s staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cOur country was at war on two continents at the same time for the first time in history. The men were sent off to do the fighting. They needed help so I joined the WAAC.\u201d<\/p>\n

She was assigned to Supreme Headquarters in England. She and others boarded the RMS Queen Mary for the voyage across the Atlantic. Woolever recalled that at times the seas got very rough and she got motion sickness.<\/p>\n

As part of Gen. Eisenhower\u2019s staff, working with a group of secretaries, she would regularly see him walking through the office but very rarely directly interacted with him.<\/p>\n

She did enjoy the camaraderie that she had with her fellow soldiers. Some of the women she worked with would get transferred out and new ones would come in.\u201c You get really good at what you do then all of the sudden they ship you off to do something different. I made good friends but sometimes it was hard and we worked long hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGrateful I was able to do a small part in the big effort.\u201d<\/h2>\n

As the war came to a close, she looked forward to returning home to her family. \u201cIt is very sad to think of the thousands of young men who fought and died to preserve our freedom. I was grateful when the war in Europe was over and I was able to go back home but I was also grateful that I was able to do a small part in the big effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the war, Miriam married her sweetheart Russell Woolever, a Navy officer during the war. Many years later after their children were grown, Russell\u2019s hearing began to fail.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey didn\u2019t even think of going to the VA,\u201d her daughter Wendy recalled. \u201cHe was getting his hearing aids from some other place and the hearing aids were aways beeping and ringing and making noise. It was not a good situation and it didn\u2019t dawn on me that he should be going to the VA.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sadly, Miriam\u2019s husband passed away from Alzheimer\u2019s. Then, when Miriam\u2019s hearing started to go, her daughter took her to VA. \u201cI\u2019ve been very impressed with them. They are right on it with taking care of those hearing aids.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teleaudiology appointments are \u201cwonderful\u201d<\/h2>\n

Miriam received hearing aids from Carl T. Hayden VA<\/a> in Phoenix. However, the distance Wendy had to drive her mother for each audiology appointment was becoming a strain. So, Miriam\u2019s doctor referred her to another clinic where she now receives teleaudiology services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese appointments are wonderful. The doctor there on the screen is very helpful and the two technicians are in the room fitting her and working with the doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cShe always has a great demeanor and has been a successful hearing aid user,\u201d said Dr. Cara Mack, Woolever\u2019s audiologist. \u201cI\u2019m currently seeing her through our teleaudiology service. She is a great patient and I am amazed at her stamina at 101.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe service has been really good in the audiology department,\u201d said Wendy. \u201cThey have really kept her in touch with life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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