| Title: |
Isabelle V. Cedar Cook
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/28
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
Isabelle Cook is a World War II veteran. She had just graduated from the Mt. Sinai School of Nursing in New York City when war was declared in Europe. The Army asked the Mt Sinai Hospital to plan a one thousand bed hospital for overseas service. Isabelle signed right up as a volunteer. In September 1942, she got the call...
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Cook, Isabelle V. Cedar, 1918-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
4-Nov-1918
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Amityville, NY; New York; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel; Nurse
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Beers, Jeffrey
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Africa; Europe; France; Italy; North Africa; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Africa; Europe; France; Italy; Military nursing; North Africa; North America; Nurses; Oral history; U.S. Army; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Women
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0025831-27758
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