Florence Ebersole Smith Finch oral history interview, 2007-2008.

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Florence Ebersole Smith Finch oral history interview, 2007-2008.

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Oral history interview of Florence E. Finch, of Ithaca, N.Y, including descriptions of her working at Fort Santiago, Manila, Philippines, under Maj. E. Carl Engelhart, U.S. Army Intelligence (G-2), Hg. Philippine Dept., U.S. Army; her work assisting Filipino resistance and U.S. and Filipino prisoners of war; her capture by Japanese soldiers, interrogations and torture by the Kempei tai (Japanese secret police), and imprisonment at Bilibid and then the women's prison at Mandaluyong; her memories of American spy and author, Claire Phillips, who was also imprisoned at Bilibid and Mandaluyong; Finch's training, activities, and military life during her service in the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS); and life after SPARS disbanded and being presented with the U.S. Medal of Freedom.

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United States Coast Guard, Historian's Office

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