Johnson, Mae (Interview transcript and video), 2012
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Title
Johnson, Mae (Interview transcript and video), 2012
Creator
Contributor
Smither, James (Interviewer)
Description
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.
Coverage
World War II
Date
2012-02-08
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Subject
Publisher
Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections & University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401.
Relation
Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Identifier
RHC-27_JohnsonM1348V
Format
video/mp4
Type
Moving Image
Text
Language
eng
Collection
Citation
Johnson, Mae, “Johnson, Mae (Interview transcript and video), 2012,” Digital Collections, accessed June 27, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/45574.