[Interview of Josephine Boecker on her service in the American Red Cross in the Pacific Theater during WWII].

Josephine Boecker discusses her service in the American Red Cross in the Pacific Theater from September 1943 to September 1946. Boecker describes being contacted by the Red Cross and later being called for war service, going through the required background checks, taking a leave of absence from her...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Boecker, Josephine (Interviewee)
Language:English
Subjects:
Boecker, Josephine > Interviews.
American National Red Cross > Interviews.
United States. > Army. > General Hospital, 47th.
Boecker, Josephine > Travel > Australia.
American National Red Cross.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 > Hospitals > Papua New Guinea > Milne Bay.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
Japan > History > Allied occupation, 1945-1952.
World War, 1939-1945 > Destruction and pillage > Japan.
Destruction and pillage.
Hospitals.
Military participation > Female.
Travel.
Australia.
Japan.
Japan > Hiroshima-shi.
Pacific Ocean > Milne Bay.
1939-1952
Oral histories.
History.
Interviews.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
History.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (1 hr., 39 min., 50 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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