Carolyn Dimmick Final PDF.indd - Washington Secretary of State
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injury in football the first quarter, and then they dump you out. They don’t protect you. So<br />
then he went back and went to St. Martin’s (College) and then he was drafted and went in<br />
the war for a number <strong>of</strong> years. Then he came back and went to law school on the G.I. Bill.<br />
I didn’t know him then. I didn’t know him until the Attorney General’s Office.<br />
Hughes: His obituary (in 2006) said he “received numerous medals, including the Purple<br />
Heart.” What did he do in World War II?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Germany. He was on the Remagen Bridge. You’ve heard <strong>of</strong> that.<br />
Hughes: I have. The last bridge over the Rhine. Our guys captured it in the winter <strong>of</strong> 1945.<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: That’s right. And he was also in the Normandy Landing with the Army.<br />
Hughes: What rank?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: He was Sergeant <strong>Dimmick</strong> and then he got busted to private for something, I<br />
don’t understand exactly. (laughing) He was sergeant for a long time. But he started out<br />
and ended up as a private.<br />
Hughes: I see some mischievousness in Cy <strong>Dimmick</strong>’s eyes in these family pictures.<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Exactly… We’ve got a box <strong>of</strong> medals this thick <strong>of</strong> all <strong>of</strong> his achievements.<br />
Hughes: So how many female assistant attorneys general were there in 1953?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: There was only me in the main <strong>of</strong>fice. Phyllis Dahlman was an assistant attorney<br />
general in another department, in another building. I knew her because she was a year<br />
ahead <strong>of</strong> me in law school.<br />
Hughes: Eastvold’s ambitions at 32 were to be governor. Were you required to campaign<br />
for him?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: No, we didn’t have any <strong>of</strong> that sort <strong>of</strong> thing.<br />
Hughes: Did he make Cy do that sort <strong>of</strong> thing, with Cy being farther up the food chain?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: No, not really. I think he (Eastvold) was out getting money for advertising,<br />
that kind <strong>of</strong> thing. I mean it’s statewide. There’s not a lot that we could do. Nothing was<br />
required <strong>of</strong> us.<br />
Hughes: How big was the attorney general’s staff back then?<br />
<strong>Dimmick</strong>: Well, we had attorney generals assigned to various state agencies, and they<br />
were all in other buildings.<br />
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