| Title: |
Vera Cecelia Gustafson Palmer
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/17171
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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: |
From Morocco and Naples to the Battle of the Bulge and Dachau, Vera Gustafson accumulated a lifetime of memories in only three years of service during World War II. She used her leave time to squeeze in some of the sights in Europe and, more importantly, managed a semi-secret romance with a mess sergeant attached to her hospital, a man who later became her husband.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
Palmer, Vera Cecelia Gustafson, 1917-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
17-Mar-1917
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Chicago, IL; Illinois; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Willie, Michael Lloyd
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army. Nurse Corps
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| Historical events discussed: |
Battle of the Bulge, December 16, 1944-January 16, 1945; Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp, April 29, 1945; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Africa; Ardennes; Belgium; Europe; Germany; Morocco
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Africa; Ardennes; Battle of the Bulge, December 16, 1944-January 16, 1945; Belgium; Europe; Germany; Liberation of Dachau Concentration Camp, April 29, 1945; Morocco; Oral history; U.S. Army. Nurse Corps; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Belgium; World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2006-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0032944-36051
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