Leila Kikos, Interview by Rebecca Michaud, 18 March 2011
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- Title:
- Leila Kikos, Interview by Rebecca Michaud, 18 March 2011
- Date:
- 2011
- Interviewer:
- Michaud, Rebecca
- Interviewee:
- Kikos, Leila
- Description:
- Leila Kikos was born Leila Elizabeth Bailey on President St. in Charleston, SC in 1923. She graduated from Memminger High School in 1940, after which she studied drafting at The Citadel and worked at the shipyards and for the War Department as a switchboard operator on Meeting St. After the formation of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), Kikos consulted with her father and enlisted. She attended basic training at Hunter College in New York City. She was assigned to Washington, D.C. as a drafter. It was there that she met her husband Peter, a Marine studying bomb disposal at American University. After the war, she and her husband moved to Minneapolis briefly before returning to Charleston, where they operated a bakery.
- Collection Title:
- The Charleston Oral History Program
- Contributing Institution:
- The Citadel Archives & Museum
- Media Type:
- Oral Histories
- Series:
- Women in World War II
- Personal or Corporate Subject:
- United States. Naval Reserve. Women's Reserve
- Topical Subject:
- Family-owned business enterprises, World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, and World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
- S.C. County:
- Charleston County (S.C.)
- Language:
- English
- Shelving Locator:
- The Citadel Oral History Program 2010.032.04
- Date Digital:
- 2012-02-16
- Digitization Specifications:
- Mp3 derivative audio created with Audacity software. Archival masters are .wav files.
- Internet Media Type:
- audio/mpeg
- Copyright Status Statement:
- Digital resource copyright 2012, The Citadel Archives
- Admin ID:
- 220960
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