Interview of Linden N. Anderson on her long career in the American Red Cross including service in WWII and the Korean and Vietnam wars

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Linden N. Anderson talks about her long career in the American Red Cross which included service in World War Two and the Korean and Vietnam wars. Anderson reminisces about her childhood, attending the University of Texas, teaching in Texas public schools and finally joining the Red Cross in 1943. Anderson talks about her training with the "doughnut dollies", being stationed at the 91st General Hospital, shipping out to England and being stationed in Wales until her unit could be moved to a hospital at Oxford. Anderson says that her job was to provide entertainment for the wounded and build morale and that she often took patients on bus tours throughout England. After V-E Day, Anderson says that she returned to the States, but was soon recalled by the ARC to serve in Japan and in Korea during that conflict. Anderson also says that she remained in the Red Cross for twenty-years after Korea, discusses her duty stations in Libya, Germany, Korea and the U.S., describes treating casualties in Japan during the Vietnam war and finishing her career in Corpus Christi in 1973. Anderson is interviewed by Ruth F. Stewart.

Date Issued:

2004-02-18T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

England and Japan

Subject Topic:

Childhood and youth, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, World War, 1939-1945, War work, Red Cross, Soldiers, Recreation, Korean War, 1950-1953, Participation, Female, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Participation, Female, Korean War, 1950-1953, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, and Medical care

Subject Name:

Anderson, Linden N. (Linden Norine), 1908-2008, Anderson, Linden N. (Linden Norine), 1908-2008, and American National Red Cross

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Personal narratives, American, Personal narratives, American, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5q40t