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- Dorothy Doyle recalls her service in the United States Army Nurse Corps. Doyle says that she enlisted in the Army in 1942 after spending ten years in civilian nursing and talks about basic training and her duty stations in the U.S. and later in New Hebrides, New Caledonia, New Zealand and a stint in Saipan after the battle of Iwo Jima. She also talks about the complicated social dynamics in the army, racism, and the trials of nursing in field hospitals. Doyle is interviewed by Kathryn Cavanaugh.
- Date Issued:
- 2002-07-08T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama honors America's military service members on Veterans Day. Obama reflects on the service and sacrifices of military personnel and their families. He promises "unprecedented support to our veterans" to provide a range of health care services and other benefits the veterans have earned. Held at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-11-11T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former U.S. Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS) radio technician Eleanor Jean Bechtel discusses her enlistment, the social environment in wartime America, her basic training in West Palm Beach, FL, and receiving electronics and radio instruction at the Ben Franklin Hotel in Philadelphia. She also talks about the base in Florida where she trained, seeing John Wayne and Robert Montgomery there filming a movie, and moving to post-war Japan to work as a civilian secretary.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-07-29T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama announces the withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Iraq by the end of 2011, after nearly nine years of war. He says meetings will continue between the countries to assist Iraq in strengthening democratic institutions, education and heath systems. He praises the dedication and sacrifice of military personnel and looks forward to helping veterans get reestablished in American life. Obama says, "after a decade of war the nation we need to build is our own."
- Date Issued:
- 2011-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama and Mrs. Obama mark the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq and the end of the war with a visit to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Mrs. Obama addresses the troops praising their sacrifices and recognizing the high cost to their families. The President pays tribute to returning troops saying that U.S. is leaving behind a stable nation and "closing one of the most extraordinary chapters in the history of the American military." He recounts the successes of the war as well as the deaths of 202 Fort Bragg personnel. He promise to help the troops with returning to civilian life and enlist them in the work of rebuilding America.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-12-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama honors the men and women who gave their lives in service of our nation during a Memorial Day commemoration at Arlington National Cemetery. Obama recognizes the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War and honors the service of military members in Iraq and Afghanistan. He recognizes some of the recent funerals at Arlington recounting the service record of those buried.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 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
- Description:
- This WKZO Special Army Day Broadcast features remarks from Dr. Willis Dunbar, director of programs at WKZO, Henry Ford Jr., mayor of Kalamazoo, and James Wilson, a member of the Kalamazoo Civilian Advisory Committee. Dunbar gives a speech arguing that the United States needs to maintain a strong standing military for the first time in its history but urges the nation to be wary of succumbing to militaristic thinking. Mayor Ford remembers the veterans who gave their lives during World War II and reminds the public that the Army is an important branch of government even during peace time.
- Date Issued:
- 1948-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Edna Penny Rice talks about her twenty-four year military career, first in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then its successors, the Women's Army Corps, and the Women in the Air Force. Rice says that she enlisted because she thought she "was as good" as her brother and her fiance and felt very patriotic. Rice says that she was inducted in July 1942 and worked in personnel and administration in every military theater of operation. She describes working and living conditions at her various posting, her uniforms and her leadership and administrative responsibilities. Rice says she was was pushed into becoming an officer and never planned on making the service a career. Rice is interviewed by Marjorie Brown.
- Date Issued:
- 1986-03-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description:
- Barbara Fravenholtz talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two. Fravenholtz describes her decision to enlist on Armistice Day in 1942 and discusses why she enlisted alone rather than with other graduates from the St. Francis General Hospital nursing program. Fravenholtz recounts her experiences as a nurse in the 95th Evacuation Hospital which was attached to the 5th Army and later to the 7th Army, as it followed the front lines in Tunisia, Sicily, Cassino, Salerno, Strasbourg, and Heidelberg. She talks fondly about her dog Eric, a gift from an enlisted man in Africa, and says that the dog traveled with her throughout the war and came back to the states with her when she was discharged. She also vividly recounts seeing Mount Vesuvius threatening to erupt while she was on leave. Fravenholtz is interviewed by Amelia Bunder.
- Date Issued:
- 1984-02-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project