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- In a wide-ranging oral history interview, Josephine Boecker discusses her service in the American Red Cross in the South Pacific from September 1943 to September 1946. Boecker says she was contacted by the Red Cross and later called for war service and recalls anticipating being sent to North Africa and being surprised when she found herself on a train bound for the west coast. Boecker talks about activities on board ship during the four week trip to New Guinea, the reception the nurses received from the soldiers when they came ashore and being assigned to the 47th General Hospital near Milne Bay where Red Cross workers staffed recreation programs. She describes camp conditions, sanitation, food, the malaria epidemics, finding activities to keep the troops occupied, and spending her leave in Australia and later following the Army to the Philippines. Boecker says that she was overjoyed when she heard the news of the dropping of the atomic bomb and that the war was over. She says she was later and shipped to Japan to staff a hospital in Tokyo and discusses the destruction she saw and the effects that the U.S. occupation had on Japanese society. Boecker is recorded for the Radcliffe College Library.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Betty Thompson talks about her service in the U.S. Army during World War Two. Thompson recalls working in Chicago as a physical therapist before she enlisted in October 1943 and was sent to the 48th General Hospital in Memphis, TN. Thompson says she was first shipped overseas to Glasgow, Scotland and later to Stockbridge in England to help set up a hospital. She describes her quarters in Stockbridge, her rations, the weather, and how the nurses were treated. She also remembers the D-Day preparations that were going on around her, the conditions on the Normandy beaches when her unit finally arrived in August, how busy she was with casualties and the chaos of the Battle of the Bulge. Thompson says she returned to the States in October 1945, took a discharge at the end of 1945, was married, continued to work, and raised a family. Thompson also says that her time in the Army Nurse Corps was the highlight of her professional life. Thompson is interviewed by Lilah Ramsey.
- Date Issued:
- 1984-05-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- In this installment of "What's Doing in Western Michigan," Dr. Willis Dunbar discusses the results of recent elections around Western Michigan. Dunbar reports that voters in both Vicksburg and Allegan rejected school bond issues aimed at raising funds to build new buildings and he reviews the results of school board races in in Vicksburg, Allegan, South Haven, Oswego, and Sturgis. Dunbar and Harry Travis also cover a variety of other stories, including a new hospital addition in Vicksburg and the prospect of a new tuberculosis sanatorium in South Haven.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-06-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama gives the closing remarks to the bipartisan White House Health Care Summit. President Obama discusses the progress made during the forum, answering questions from the audience of house members and senators. Questions cover Medicare, Social Security, insurance, and hospital staff numbers. Senator Edward Kennedy gives a statement on how it is time for action towards better health care.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-03-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- A view of expansion work at the Ingham County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, probably in the late 1940s or early 1950s. A cement truck and part of a crane can be seen.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Ingham County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
- Description:
- An unidentified nurse at the Ingham County Tuberculosis Sanatorium.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Ingham County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
- Description:
- State Capitol, Lansing State Savings Bank, Y.M.C.A., City Hall, East Side Park, Pine Lake, Library at M.A.C., Wells Hall, Michigan Agricultural College, Agriculture Building, M.A.C., Women's Building, M.A.C., Industrial School, High School, REO Motor Car Co., Sparrow Hospital, State Capitol, Public Library, Auto Body Co. Plant, Elks Home, Michigan Avenue Bridge, W.K. Prudden Auditorium, M.A.C. Campus, Michigan Avenue, Post Office.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Located at 1215 E. Michigan Ave.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Bird's eye of REO Motor Co. S Plant, State Capital, State Office Building, Pavilion, Potter Park, R.E. Olds Hall, Michigan Agricultural College, Masonic Temple, Washington St., Showing Prudden Bldg., Durant Automotive Plant, Olds Motor Works, St. Lawrence Hospital.
- Date Created:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Caterino Postcard Collection
- Description:
- Framing and pouring concrete during expansion at the Ingham County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
- Data Provider:
- Capital Area District Library (Lansing, MI). Forest Parke Library and Archives
- Collection:
- Ingham County Tuberculosis Sanatorium
