She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: 1941

  • Be a Nurse and See the World?

    Source: Folks, Helen Fornay. “Be a Nurse and See the World?” Independent Woman, Oct. 1941, pp. 300”“311.

  • U.S. Army Needs 10,000 Nurses

    Source: “U.S. Army Needs 10,000 Nurses.” Wichita Falls Times, 5 Oct. 1941, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/wichita-falls-times/127872434/

  • Medicine: Need for Nurses

    In Manhattan, several wards of the vast new Triboro Hospital for tuberculosis have been standing empty since January””there are not enough nurses to run them. In the Midwest some hospitals have closed entire wings, although patients are clamoring for admittance””they have not enough nurses. In Washington, D.C., doctors urged pregnant women to have their babies…

  • LETTER: November 1, 1941

    Dear Miss Fuller, A little gift in appreciation for all you have done for me. I”™m sure going to miss you. Wish you would change your mind. Be good and don”™t forget me. Take good care of “Dopey.” My best to you. always, Edith Dear Diary, One of my fellow nurses gave me a Dopey…

  • The Social Front: Jobs and Workers

    Source: “The Social Front: Jobs and Workers.” Survey Midmonthly: Journal of Social Work, Nov. 1941, pp. 330”“332.

  • NEWSREEL: This Is Not A Drill

    This navy dispatch announces the attack on the U.S. Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii by the Japanese Navy. It was received at the Squantum Naval Reserve Aviation Base on December 7, 1941 from the First Naval District. It states, “AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NOT DRILL.” Source: “”˜This Is Not a…

  • Churchill in Pledge; Peace Offensive From Berlin May Come Soon

    Source: “Churchill in Pledge; Peace Offensive From Berlin May Come Soon.” The Capital Times, 10 Nov. 1941, pp. 1”“4. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times/134523110/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-capital-times/134523200/

  • War May Engulf Remaining Fourth of Globe, Churchill Declares; Nazis Strike Anew at Leningrad

    Winston Churchill announced during a speech at Mansion House in London, “If Japan makes war on the United States; Great Britain will support America within the hour.” Source: “War May Engulf Remaining Fourth of Globe, Churchill Declares; Nazis Strike Anew at Leningrad.” The Ithaca Journal, 10 Nov. 1941, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/134522574/

  • Churchill’s Speech Aired By Japanese

    Source: “Churchill”™s Speech Aired By Japanese.” The News-Messenger, 11 Nov. 1941, p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-messenger/134522899/