[Interview of Viola Baas on her experiences as a teacher at U.S. military bases in Japan during the Korean War and later in Germany].

Viola Baas talks about her experiences as a teacher at U.S. military bases in Japan during the Korean War. Baas explains why she applied to teach overseas, traveling to Seattle for a harsh orientation and training, and being sent to the island of Hokkaido in the north of Japan as U.S. occupation for...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors:	Baas, Viola, 1918-2010 (Interviewee) Hornbacher, Elsie, 1918- (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Subjects:	Baas, Viola, > 1918-2010 > Interviews. Teachers, Foreign > Interviews. Military post schools, American > Japan. Military post schools, American > Germany. Teaching > Japan. Teaching > Germany. Reverse culture shock > United States. Military post schools, American. Reverse culture shock. Teachers, Foreign. Teaching. Germany. Japan. United States. Oral histories. Interviews.
Genre:	Interviews. Oral histories.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 audio file (56 min., 24 sec.))
Format:	Electronic Audio Software

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