Search Constraints
« Previous |
111 - 120 of 146
|
Next »
Search Results
- Description:
- Josephine Boecker discusses her service in the American Red Cross in the Pacific Theater from September 1943 to September 1946. Boecker describes being contacted by the Red Cross and later being called for war service, going through the required background checks, taking a leave of absence from her job, and enduring a grueling three month training regimen. Boecker says that she believed she was headed to North Africa and was surprised when she found herself aboard a train bound for the west coast and duty in the Pacific. She describes the four week trip to New Guinea, being stationed at the 47th General Hospital near Milne Bay, the camp conditions, sanitation, the food, the steps taken to prevent malaria, the perpetual rain, camp social events, and her job of setting up entertainment and recreation facilities for the troops. She says that she spent her leave in Australia and later moved forward with the troops to the Philippines. She recalls her reaction to the news of the dropping of the atomic bomb, being sent to Japan to staff a hospital in Tokyo, the destruction she saw, and the effects U.S. occupation had on Japanese society. Sound quality deteriorates near the conclusion of the recording.
- Date Issued:
- 1985-02-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting the image of actor Gary Cooper and two unidentified women. This photograph was likely taken in New Guinea during the 1940s.
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting the image of three soldiers at a military base with planes in the background. This photograph was likely taken in New Guinea during the 1940s.
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting an image of a forest with a waterfall in the distance on the side of a mountian. This photograph was taken in New Guinea during the 1940s. .
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting the image of an unidentified soldier seated in a plane. This photograph was taken in New Guinea during the 1940s.
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting the image of smiling man with trees in the background. This photograph was taken in New Guinea during the 1940s.
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting an image from a performance for soldiers featuring actor Gary Cooper (on stage, right) and two actresses. This photograph was taken in New Guinea during the 1940s.
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting the image of a oldier looking out at road. With trees and a body of water in the distance. Photograph taken in New Guinea in the 1940s.
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting the image of New Guinea natives holding machetes with huts in the background. This photograph was taken in New Guinea during the 1940s.
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection
- Description:
- Color Slide depicting the image of huts. This photograph was taken in New Guinea during the 1940s.
- Date Issued:
- [1940 TO 1949]
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Dennis Glen Cooper Collection