[Interview of Betty Van Kirk on her eleven months of service in the American Red Cross in the Pacific Theater during World War II].

In an oral history interview, Betty Van Kirk discusses her eleven months of service in the American Red Cross in the Pacific Theater during World War II. She talks about her training at American University, shipping overseas to New Guinea, how women were treated, dating, the climate, dispensing ciga...

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Bibliographic Details

Corporate Authors:	Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project, Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors:	Van Kirk, Betty (Interviewee)
Language:	English
Subjects:	Van Kirk, Betty > Interviews. American National Red Cross > Interviews. American National Red Cross. 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female. Military nursing > New Guinea. World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > New Guinea. Prisoners of war > Health > New Guinea. Medical care. Military nursing. Military participation > Female. New Guinea. 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., 5 sec.))
Format:	Electronic Audio Software