Interviews of Clare Rounsevell Ellinwood on her service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWI

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Description:

Clare Rounsevell Ellinwood talks about her service in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during World War One as a civilian secretary and says that she volunteered because her fiance had joined the French Army Ambulance Corp. She talks about working in a hospital in Philadelphia, being shipped to Brest, France on the USS Leviathan, traveling by train to the front, and finally being sent to a base near Vichy. She describes how the hospitals were set up, the constant shortage of food, and the utter devastation of the European battlefields. Ellinwood also recalls Armistice Day and the great celebration, and returning to the U.S. in 1919 to marry the man she had followed to France. Ellinwood says that in spite of the many hardships, her service overseas gave her a chance to do things she otherwise would not have gotten an opportunity to do. Ellinwood is interviewed by Margaret E. Duncan.

Date Issued:

1985-05-09T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

France and Europe

Subject Topic:

Military life, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918, Participation, Female, World War, 1914-1918, Hospitals, World War, 1914-1918, Destruction and pillage, and Armistice Day

Subject Name:

Ellinwood, Clare Rounsevell, 1896-1989, United States, Army, Medical Corps, United States, Army, United States, Army, and Base Hospital No. 20

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m57126