Interview of Katie Kerr on her service in the American Red Cross during WWII

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Description:

Katie Kerr talks about her service in the American Red Cross during World War Two. Kerr describes becoming a medical technician, volunteering for the Red Cross in March 1944 and serving as a hospital recreation worker. She talks about her initial duties and training at American University in Washington D.C. and later being shipped to England. She talks about her time in England, how complicated relationships could become, recreation activities the Red Cross organized to entertain the troops, and some of her patients and their injuries. She remembers V-E Day, anticipating being sent to the Pacific Theater, coming back to the States in July 1945, taking a job at Lansing, Michigan's Sparrow Hospital, and meeting her husband, a Michigan State Police Trooper. Kerr talks about how she felt when the atomic bomb was dropped and signs off the interview by reciting her serial number. Kerr is interviewed by Elsie Hornbacher.

Date Issued:

1984-08-14T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

England, England, and Hiroshima-shi (Japan)

Subject Topic:

Marriage, Soldiers, Services for, Soldiers, Wounds and injuries, V-E Day, 1945, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, and History

Subject Name:

Kerr, Katie, 1916-2003, Kerr, Katie, 1916-2003, American National Red Cross, and E.W. Sparrow Hospital (Lansing, Mich.)

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5gd8f