| Title: |
F. Rosland Westfall Sellmer
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/10504
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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: |
Advances in aviation created a new kind of medical career in World War II: the flight nurse who accompanied severely wounded patients back from the front lines to the United States for treatment. Usually working with only one corpsman, nurses like Rosalind Westfall cared for patients’ needs during the long flights that made their way from Paris to the Azores, then to either Bermuda or Newfoundland, and finally to New York or Miami. Westfall always packed a ball gown for every trip, because once she touched down, there was a dance to attend to help ease the tensions accumulated from her stressful duties.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Sellmer, F. Rosalind Westfall, 1920-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
22-Nov-1920
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Dunbar, WV; West Virginia; 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: |
Lugar, Richard G.
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army Air Force, 1918-1947
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Azores Islands, Portugal; Europe; France; Ile-de-France, France; North America; Paris, Ile-de-France, France; Portugal; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Azores Islands, Portugal; Europe; France; Ile-de-France, France; North America; Oral history; Paris, Ile-de-France, France; Portugal; U.S. Army Air Force, 1918-1947; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; 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: |
OHI0033171-36338
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