Dorothy M. Harrison talks about the life of Mildred Stutzenberger including her service in the American Red Cross during WWII

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Description:

Dorothy M. Harrison describes the efforts of the Louisville Unit of the Women's Overseas Service League to collect and persevere the histories of its members and then talks about the life of Mildred Stutzenberger who served in the American Red Cross during World War II. Reading from local documents and an interview with Stutzenberger, Harrison talks about Stutzenberger first working in hospitals in the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations and then transferring to club work at the Bengal Air Depot in India. According to Harrison, Stutzenberger also served in Guam and Saipan and with the occupation forces in Japan. Harrison also recounts Stutzenberger's retirement and later death from lung cancer.

Date Issued:

1983-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Burma, India, and Kolkata

Subject Topic:

Death and burial, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, World War, 1939-1945, War work, Red Cross, World War, 1939-1945, Hospitals, Soldiers, Recreation, Retirement, and Oral history

Subject Name:

Stutzenberger, Mildred, 1918-1978, Stutzenberger, Mildred, 1918-1978, American National Red Cross, Women's Overseas Service League, and Louisville Unit

Subject Genre:

Biography

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5sh88