[Interview of Lillian Kivela on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII].

Lillian Kivela talks about her service in the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War Two including, why she enlisted in June 1943, nurse's training, basic Army training, housing, uniforms, and her duties at the Schick General Hospital in Clinton, Iowa. She says that she was sent to New Jers...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Kivela, Lillian, 1920-2013 (Interviewee)
Hornbacher, Elsie, 1918- (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Kivela, Lillian, > 1920-2013 > Interviews.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps > Interviews.
United States. > Army > Military life.
Kivela, Lillian, > 1920-2013 > Knowledge and learning.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps.
Microbiology.
Nurses > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Interviews.
Women veterans > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
Military education.
Military nursing > Iowa > Clinton.
Military nursing > England > Oxford.
World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > England > Oxford.
Adjustment (Psychology)
Microbiology > Study and teaching > Michigan > East Lansing.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Medical care.
Microbiology > Study and teaching.
Military nursing.
Military participation > Female.
Nurses.
Veterans.
Women veterans.
England > Oxford.
Iowa > Clinton.
Michigan > East Lansing.
1939-1945
Oral histories.
Interviews.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (36 min., 39 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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