[Interview of Lois Kuen Johnson on her experiences serving overseas in the American Red Cross rest camps near the end of WWII].

Lois Kuen Johnson talks about her experiences serving overseas in the American Red Cross rest camps from February 1944 to November 1945. Johnson explains that she volunteered for the opportunity to travel and discusses her duties, housing conditions, her uniforms, being stationed in Italy, and servi...

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Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project, Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Johnson, Lois Kuen (Interviewee), Stoltz, June (Interviewer), Bodgercln, Gudrun (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Johnson, Lois Kuen > Interviews.
American National Red Cross > Interviews.
American National Red Cross.
Volunteers > Italy > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
Soldiers > Services for > Italy.
Delivery (Obstetrics)
Social adjustment.
Military participation > Female.
Soldiers > Services for.
Volunteers.
Italy.
1939-1945
Oral histories.
Interviews.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (21 min., 55 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
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Summary:
Lois Kuen Johnson talks about her experiences serving overseas in the American Red Cross rest camps from February 1944 to November 1945. Johnson explains that she volunteered for the opportunity to travel and discusses her duties, housing conditions, her uniforms, being stationed in Italy, and serving coffee and pastries to the troops as they moved from Naples to the front. She describes helping an Italian non-combatant deliver a baby and an incident in which she spotted an enemy intelligence agent. She says that although she did adapt well to working and living overseas, she did sometimes feel lonely. Johnson is interviewed by Gudrun Bodgercln and June Stoltz.
Note:Title supplied.
Part of the Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project.
Digitized by the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library of the Michigan State University Libraries.
Call Number:Voice 32737
DB32737 cassette
Playing Time:00:21:55
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Lois Kuen Johnson ; interviewers, Gudrun Bodgercln, June Stoltz.
Event Details:
Recorded 1983 June