Oral history interview with Signe Cooper [sound recording], 2006.

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Oral history interview with Signe Cooper [sound recording], 2006.

Signe Cooper, a Clinton County, Iowa native, talks about her experience in the Army Nurse Corps in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II.

Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 50 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.Transcript : 18 p.Master sound recording : 1 sound cassette (ca. 50 min.) ; analog, 1 7/8 ips.

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