Interview of Devere Powell on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII

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Description:

Devere Powell talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two. She says she enlisted in April 1943, received her flight nurse's training at Bowman Field in Kentucky, was shipped to Hollandia, New Guinea in April 1945 and then to Manila and finally to Leyte where she joined the 801st Air Evac Squad. She discusses her job of escorting casualties from the Philippine Islands and Okinawa to hospitals in Manila and tells a poignant story of giving her flight wings to a wounded former American POW as a souvenir. Powell says she was discharged from the Army as a First Lieutenant in December 1945. Interviewer Betty Thompson also discusses Powell's nursing career and her volunteer work in retirement.

Date Issued:

1984-10-10T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Philippines, Japan, Okinawa-ken, Philippines, Japan, and Okinawa-ken

Subject Topic:

Career in nursing, Military life, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, Nurses, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, Aviation nursing, Aviation nursing, Military nursing, World War, 1939-1945, Medical care, World War, 1939-1945, and Medical care

Subject Name:

Powell, Devere, Powell, Devere, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, and Army

Subject Genre:

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

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m55417