Johnson, Mae (Interview outline and video), 2012
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Mae Johnson was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1919. She graduated from Leavenworth High School in 1937 and eventually went to nursing school. Because she could not finish nursing school, Mae traveled to California with a friend. After visiting California, she decided she would enlist in Woman's Army Corps (WAC) in New Haven, Connecticut. She was then sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia for basic training. After basic training, Mae was sent to Hot Springs, Arkansas where she worked in a hospital as she was assigned to the Surgical and Medical Wards. Once she was finished in Arkansas in early 1945, she was sent to Fort Sheridan, Illinois where she maintained a similar position as before. While at Fort Sheridan she met her future husband and met many German POWs.
2012-02-08
Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
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Johnson, Mae, “Johnson, Mae (Interview outline and video), 2012,” Digital Collections, accessed December 24, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29079.