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- Toru Uematsu says that he was born in Peru, but went to Japan before the war started to attend. He descries the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and talks about the Makurazaki Typhoon which hit Japan in September, after the bombings. Uematsu also talks about staying in Hiroshima and Tokyo after the war and finally returning to Peru after Peru had again established diplomatic relations with Japan. He says that he is now the only living survivor of the atomic bombing in Peru and that once there had been four.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-01-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Mildred Blandford talks about her service as a secretary in the American Red Cross during World War Two. Blandford, who served from August 1944 to November 1945, says that she joined the Red Cross for overseas adventure and spent most of her time stationed at the 194th General Hospital in Paris. She says that she was quartered in a Parisian hotel with maid service, but that service in the hospital was no picnic and meant leaving her secretarial duties often to help care for the onslaught of wounded soldiers. After VE Day, Blandford says that she volunteered for duty in the Pacific and was sent to Okinawa where she found herself living in a tent rather than luxury hotel. She talks about her daily tasks and again helping out with wounded G.I.s. and describes two typhoons that hit the island and how staff tried to protect the patients in the tent hospital from the storm. At war's end, Blandford says that she returned to Louisville to work, but later went back to Paris for school and to work for NATO. Blandford is interviewed by Dorothy M. Harrison.
- Date Issued:
- 1983-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Toru Uematsu says that he was born in Peru, but went to Japan before the war started to attend. He descries the aftermath of the Hiroshima bombing and talks about the Makurazaki Typhoon which hit Japan in September, after the bombings. Uematsu also talks about staying in Hiroshima and Tokyo after the war and finally returning to Peru after Peru had again established diplomatic relations with Japan. He says that he is now the only living survivor of the atomic bombing in Peru and that once there had been four.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-01-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection