[Interview of Helene Finston Denny on her service in England and France as a part of the Red Cross during WWII].

Helene Denny discusses her service in England and France as a part of the Red Cross during World War Two. Denny talks about graduating from nursing school in New York City and being sent first to North Africa and then finally being stationed in England in 1942 as a part of the British Civil Defense....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Denny, Helene Finston (Interviewee)
Banonis, Ruth, 1914-2008 (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Denny, Helene Finston > Interviews.
American National Red Cross > Interviews.
Denny, Helene Finston > Marriage.
Denny, Helene Finston > Knowledge and learning.
Nursing > United States > History.
American National Red Cross.
Nursing.
Nurses > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 > War work > Red Cross.
World War, 1939-1945 > Hospital care > England.
Hospital care.
Marriage.
Military participation > Female.
Nurses.
War work > Red Cross.
England.
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 (48 min.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software
Description
Summary:
Helene Denny discusses her service in England and France as a part of the Red Cross during World War Two. Denny talks about graduating from nursing school in New York City and being sent first to North Africa and then finally being stationed in England in 1942 as a part of the British Civil Defense. Denny says that she was sent to Edinburgh for training in triage and later served as a triage nurse in a mobile hospital unit caring for victims of German air raids. Denny also talks about her experiences after being transferred to the American Army shortly after D-Day and later dating and finally marrying a Royal Marine. Denny is interviewed by Ruth Banonis.
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 32697
DB32697 cassette
Playing Time:00:48:00
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Helene Finston Denny ; interviewer, Ruth Banonis.
Event Details:
Recorded 1983 September 7