Oral history interview with Janet Blair, 2001 June 25.

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Oral history interview with Janet Blair, 2001 June 25.

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Interview with Janet Blair, homemaker, concerning her experiences as a Red Cross volunteer in the European Theater during World War II. Pre-war German language education in Europe; her activities with "Bundles for Britain" in New York City, 1940-41; employment at the San Antonio, Texas, Air Depot, 1942-43; her patriotic motivation; her decision to join the Red Cross, May, 1943; orientation at American University, Washington, DC, 1943; stateside assignments in North Carolina and Virginia; assignment to England, September, 1943; the trans-Atlantic voyage aboard a troopship; her description of wartime conditions in England, 1943-44; her description of the preparation of donuts and coffee for distribution to American troops in England; rationing and air raids in England; her selection as a clubmobiler; the formation of a lifelong friendship with Diana Marvin and Peggy Bell; the use of Greenliners; relationships between Red Cross women and U.S. military personnel; her account of D-Day; her assignment to XII Corps, Rear in France, September, 1944; donut-making in France; relations between Red Cross women and French civilians; leave time in Paris; living conditions in France; her experiences serving troops during the Battle of the Bulge, December, 1944-January, 1945; looting; end of the war and her return to the States.

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Marcello, Ronald E.

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Blair, Janet, 1918-

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

World War II European Theater (Red Cross) Oral History Project.

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American University (Washington, D.C.)

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