[Interview of Devere Powell on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII].

Devere Powell talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two. She says she enlisted in April 1943, received her flight nurse's training at Bowman Field in Kentucky, was shipped to Hollandia, New Guinea in April 1945 and then to Manila and finally to Leyte where she joined...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Powell, Devere (Interviewee)
Thompson, Betty, 1919-2004 (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Powell, Devere > Interviews.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps > Interviews.
United States. > Army > Military life.
Powell, Devere.
Nursing.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Interviews.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps.
Nurses > Interviews.
Women veterans > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
Aviation nursing > Philippines.
Aviation nursing > Japan > Okinawa-ken.
Military nursing.
World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > Japan > Okinawa-ken.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Aviation nursing.
Medical care.
Military participation > Female.
Nurses.
Veterans.
Women veterans.
Japan > Okinawa-ken.
Philippines.
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 (12 min., 55 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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