She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Author: Danielle Oser

  • TIME CAPSULE: Statistics January 1, 1941

    President: Franklin D. Roosevelt Unemployment 9.9%; First-Class Stamp: 3 cents; Average Income: $2,059;Minimum Wage: 30 cents/hour; Car: $925; House: $6,954; Men who have now entered the military through the Selective Service System: 923,842 Source: Amadeo, Kimberly. “Historical Us Unemployment Rate by Year.” The Balance, The Balance, 6 Dec. 2022, www.thebalancemoney.com/unemployment-rate-by-year-3305506.

  • Army Nurse Corps Draws From Red Cross Rosters

    Source: Humphrey, Constance. “Army Nurse Corps Draws From Red Cross Rosters.” The Pittsburgh Press, 16 Jan. 1941, p. 13. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press/127882186/

  • LETTER: Friday, January 24, 1941

    Friday, January 24, 1941 Dear Screwball (also known as Miss AraBelle), Please understand that this is not an informal plea for mercy or a craven attempt to escape justice at your hands for my admitted omissions and undoubted misdeeds. But rather let this document serve to present the facts as they are so that an…

  • Counterfeit Money Most Be Reported

    Source: “Counterfeit Money Most Be Reported.” Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 28 Mar. 1941, p. 13. https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/127787027/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin/127786938/

  • 100 Young Women Attend Camp Bowie Sick; So Pretty You Wonder About Draft

    Source: Stephenson, Bess. “100 Young Women Attend Camp Bowie Sick; So Pretty You Wonder About Draft.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Apr. 1941, p. 18. https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram/127947111/

  • Call Issued For More Members For Red Cross Nursing Reserve

    Source: “Call Issued For More Members For Red Cross Nursing Reserve.” The Central New Jersey Home News, 6 Apr. 1941, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-central-new-jersey-home-news/127941137/

  • NEWSREEL: Friday, April 11, 1941

    Friday, April 11, 1941 : President Roosevelt has announced that the U.S. will extend its secuarity zone further into the Atlantic Ocean to guard against German submarines. An Album of Memories pg 16

  • Uniforms Can Take It

    Source: Davis, Emily C. “Uniforms Can Take It.” Lexington Herald-Leader, 12 Apr. 1941, p. 12. https://www.newspapers.com/article/lexington-herald-leader/127946564/

  • Army’s Nurses Fare Better Now Than During Last Call

    Source: “Army”™s Nurses Fare Better Now Than During Last Call.” The Baltimore Sun, 22 Apr. 1941, p. 14. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/127881584/