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- Irene Hosking discusses her service in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Hosking talks about meeting her husband as an enlisted soldier, getting married and worrying that their marriage would interfere with her military career. She also talks about serving as a nurse in Sydney, Brisbane, and Townsville, Australia, daily life in a field hospital, her dedication to military service, and her participation in the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization. Hosking is interviewed by Kathryn Cavanaugh.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-07-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- 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