Oral history interview with Anna Schelper, 2007 October 24.

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Oral history interview with Anna Schelper, 2007 October 24.

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Interview with Anna Schelper, an Army veteran, concerning her childhood and education in San Antonio, Tex.; challenges of the Great Depression; decision to enter John Sealy College of Nursing of the University of Texas; decision to enlist in U.S. Army Reserves, January 1941; service in U.S. Army Nursing Corps at hospitals in Colo. and Cal.; deployment to Pacific Theater; work with 118th General Hospital in Australia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan; experiences with injured soldiers, civilians, and prisoners of war; descriptions of wartimes destruction in Philippines and Japan; social life among nurses; opinions regarding use of atomic weapons; family's history in Central Texas; return to San Antonio and service in Brooke Army Medical Center through Korean War era; education at San Francisco State University; return to Army service and service at several hospitals concluding with Brooke; 1963 retirement; interest in travel; memories of 1968 San Antonio Hemisfair; decision to relocate to Fort Worth; opinions regarding military service and women's role in armed forces. Addendum consists of twenty leaves which includes listing of duty stations, decorations, photocopies of letters, and articles.

118, [21] leaves : facsims. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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