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Karen L. Chin Oral History

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Karen L. Chin (b. 1945), of Warren, Ohio, served as a Transportation Corps Officer in the United States Women's Army Corps (WAC) and the U.S. Army from 1976-1983. Karin L. Chin was born on 30 September 1945. She grew up in Ohio as the oldest of three children. Her mother worked off and on, while her father worked as an electrical engineer. She graduated high school in 1963 and went to Kent State University from 1963-1967. After college, Chin taught middle school art for 10 years and then joined the U.S. Army WAC in June 1976. Karen L. Chin joined the army as a First Lieutenant Student in the Direct Commission officer program for basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama from July to October in 1976. After graduation, she was permanently detailed to Transportation [...] Read more

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1.	Oral history interview with Karen L. Chin Karen L. Chin discusses her family life, education, teaching middle school art classes, joining the military, experience in the military, changes in the military, leaving[...] 2023-08-08 \| Text \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
2.	Graduation exercises Graduation program for WAC officer orientation. 1976-10-08 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
3.	Karen Chin giving up command of the 53rd Transportation Batallion Caption on back: "giving up command in 1980 yep, I'm the littlest one." 1980 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
4.	Captain Karen Chin at the Transportation Corps Military Ball Caption on back: "Karen Chin 1979 Transportation Corps Military Ball Heidelberg, Germany 1979 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
5.	Candid of Captain Karen Chin Caption on back: "Cpt in Germany circa 1979-1980." 1979 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
6.	U.S. Army officers stand in front of an army plane. Karen Chin is second from right. The soldiers are about to fly to Berlin to drop of pay and letters to their soldiers who drive American Ice cream to Berlin. 1979 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
7.	Captain Chin and three other soldiers standing in front of a M915 truck Karen Chin (on left) poses with soldiers from 89th Transportation Company. One soldier holds a small trophy awarded to the company In Kaiserslautern, Germany. Caption on [...] 1979 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
8.	Captain Chin and another U.S. soldier pose in front of a trimotor propeller aircraft Karen Chin (on right). Probably in in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Caption on back says "Aug 1979) 1979 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
9.	53rd Transportation Batallion vehicles Photographs of driver of M915 truck and the motor pool. Caption on back: "Our company end of the 53rd Trans. Bn's motor pool. These IHC 2000 D [?] replaced by the M915 se[...] 1979 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records
10.	Photograph album Basic Training Photograph album documenting Chin's basic training at Fort McClellan, Alabama in 1976. 1976 \| Image \| Karen L. Chin Oral History \| Detailed record - Similar records

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