Kell, Eunice Webb

Date:
2004-08-04
Length:
videotape; unknown
Interviewer:
Hansen, Charles
Transcription available:
no
Series:
General collection
Series ID:
0000-000
Interview Number(s):
2004_88_10
Summary:
The veteran 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 II, US Army Nurse Corps, Women in the Military