Interview of Victoria O'Hearn on her experiences as nurse in France during WWI

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Description:

Victoria O'Hearn talks about her experiences as nurse in France during World War One. She recalls being asked to translate evacuation notices sent to French citizens just prior to the bombing of their village, being stationed in a Paris hospital and having to chastise Marshall Petain for not closing a hospital door, being lost in the dark during a blackout while trying to help a little French girl shop for a gift, and treating an Italian laborer who trusted her with his life savings to send back to his wife. O'Hearns says that the morale and fighting spirit of French civilians in war time was amazing and that she herself found her work rewarding even in the face of long hours and difficult conditions. Ends abruptly.

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

France and France

Subject Topic:

Nurses, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918, Participation, Female, Translating and interpreting, World War, 1914-1918, Evacuation of civilians, and Civilians in war

Subject Name:

O'Hearn, Victoria, 1891-1988, O'Hearn, Victoria, and 1891-1988

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Anecdotes, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5t13v