Kell, Eunice Webb

Date:
2004-08-04
Length:
videotape; unknown
Interviewer:
Hansen, Charles
Transcription available:
no
Series:
Women and World War II
Series ID:
0000-010
Interview Number(s):
2004_88_10
Summary:
Eunice Kell describes the difficulty of nursing patients, particularly those with tuberculosis, as a member of the Army Nurse Corps during the war. She recalls the nurses' entertainment, social lives and going on a suicide watch. Webb worked with German and Italian prisoners of war held in the United States. She describes these men, who were members of the Africa Corps under German General Erwin Rommel.
Topic(s):
World War, 1939-1945--Women, United States. Army Nurse Corps, Tuberculosis, Women--Employment--United States