Interview of Marian Cyberski on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp during World War II

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Description:

Marian Cyberski talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp during World War Two and says that she was inspired to enlist after seeing the movie "The shores of Tripoli." Cyberski talks about being stationed at field hospitals in Rockhampton, Indooroopilly, and Brisbane, Australia, treating mostly malaria and battle fatigue patients, and originally shipping out to Australia on the luxury liner SS Lurline. She also talks about her daily life in Australia, vacationing in Sydney, leaving Australia on a ship which contained many Australian war brides and crying babies, arriving home in September 1945, and getting married in November to a man whom she had met as a patient.

Date Issued:

2003-07-18T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Place:

United States and Australia

Subject Topic:

Marriage, Nurses, Military life, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Medical care, and War brides

Subject Name:

Cyberski, Marian, 1919-, Cyberski, Marian, 1919-, United States, Army, United States, and Army Nurse Corps

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5kh0g855