[Interview of Marion Kern Kennedy on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII].
Marion Kern Kennedy talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two. Kennedy says that she did basic training and advanced military training between May 1942 and January 1943, was first sent to Bombay, India and later north to the Himalayas where her unit took over a muddy...
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (38 min., 6 sec.)) |
| Format: | Electronic Audio Software |
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Marion Kern Kennedy talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two. Kennedy says that she did basic training and advanced military training between May 1942 and January 1943, was first sent to Bombay, India and later north to the Himalayas where her unit took over a muddy hospital cut from the jungle in Assam, India. She describes life in the camp, which was set up to support troops who were trying to open the Burma Road, the food, her quarters, the bugs, tropical diseases, her social life, and using slit trenches. Kennedy says that she was sent home in 1945 and was discharged from the military on new years day, 1946. In 1953, she says that she returned to the service and remained on active duty for the next 18 years. Kennedy is interviewed by Ruth F. Stewart assisted by Carol A. Habgood. |
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| Note: | Title supplied. Part of the Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project. Originally recorded on an analog cassette held by the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries. Digitized by the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library of the Michigan State University Libraries. |
| Call Number: | DB35395 cassette Voice 35395 |
| Playing Time: | 00:38:06 |
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Interviewee, Marion Kennedy ; interviewer, Ruth F. Stewart. |
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Recorded 2003 October 21 |