[Interview of Florence Bernstein McChesney on her service as a flight nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps during and after WWII].

Florence Bernstein McChesney, from the Women's Overseas Service League Pittsburgh Unit, talks about her service as a flight nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps from 1943 to 1949. McChesney explains why she volunteered for the Army while working in a TB ward in a Detroit hospital and discusses her train...

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Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: McChesney, Florence Bernstein (Interviewee)
Bunder, Amelia (Interviewer)
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (27 min., 5 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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