TIME CAPSULE: Rank in 1942, Army nurses continued to hold relative rank however, their pay and allowances still were not on par with male commissioned officers and other female officers of the Army and Navy. Congress still balked at granting Army nurses commissioned rank. Instead, they sought to rectify the discrepancy by passing the act…

Thursday, December 24, 1942Dear Mums and Dad, Well here I am on my 72-hour-pass. Gee is it swell, Jr brought me down, we rode in an ambulance. We didn”™t do much yesterday afternoon, but had dinner with Oleo, he plays in the Symphony orchestra here and was one of the boys chosen to play in…

1942_12_25CHRISTMAS TELEGRAM

Monday, December 28, 1942 Dear Diary,Christmas was swell this year. Jr came up Dec 24 gave me a beautiful present then he left for parts unknown. Had a three day pass, had fun, stayed at the Moana Hotel. Jr was up today to see me. Went to a midnight mass at Ft. Shafter and got…

Monday, December 28, 1942Dear Mom and Dad, Well Christmas is over. I really had a grand time but can you guess what Dopey did? He married a Jap. Now isn”™t that awful? Will send you some pictures of them soon. Sgt. Hodge took Dopey and I couldn”™t find him. I was kind mad ”˜cause I…

Tuesday, December 29, 1942Dearest Dooley,I wrote you a v-letter but did not get to say all I wanted to, so here goes again.I am in the hospital. Sister Irmena is not able to work anymore, she spends most of her time in here talking. She takes care of my flowers. I sure appreciate that. Sister…

Wednesday, December 30, 1942Dear Diary, The planes are having fun today playing up there, some are sure pretty. It”™s an air show here.The Signal Corp came up and took pictures of our ward. The Col. congratulated us on our decorations. We made our own tree as Hawaii had no Christmas trees. Red candles, glass balls…

Friday January 1, 1943Dear Mom and Dad: I got your gift, my was I surprised. Gee it”™s really beautiful; I am just crazy about it. Everyone here envies it here. Slip came in this afternoon, sure good to see him. We had a fresh pineapple; we cut it up and ate it. He saw Dopey…

Friday January 1, 1943 ON THE RECORD: The number of men who have entered the military service through the Selective Service System is now at 3,323,970.