Oral history interview with Helen Jean Gurkow [sound recording], 1995.

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Oral history interview with Helen Jean Gurkow [sound recording], 1995.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/226295758

Helen Gurkow, a Lancaster, Wisconsin native, describes her service as a doctor in the Wisconsin National Guard in the Persian Gulf War.

Sound recording ; 2 sound cassette (ca. 106 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 41 p.Master sound recording ; 1 sound cassette (ca. 106 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.

Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center

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Helen Gurkow, (1926- ) served as a doctor with the 13th Evac Hospital Wisconsin National Guard Unit during the Persian Gulf War. Gurkow is a member of Disabled American Veterans and more recently traveled to Southeast Asia. She now lives in Middleton, Wisconsin. From the description of Oral history interview with Helen Jean Gurkow [sound recording], 1995. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 226295758 ...