She Remembers Pearl Harbor

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…

October 13, 1941
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…

November 1, 1941
The Social Front: Jobs and Workers

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

November 1, 1941
DIARY: November 5, 1941

Dear Diary, One of my fellow nurses gave me a Dopey doll as a going-away present. He”™s a dwarf from Snow White, the Walt Disney movie that came out a few years ago. He”™s cute in a funny kind of way. I think he”™ll be a good traveling companion.

November 5, 1941
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…

November 7, 1941
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/

November 10, 1941
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/

November 10, 1941
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/

November 11, 1941
11.15.1941 Timeline

Left San Francisco and off to Hawaii on the SS Mariposa, the Matson Lines luxury passenger ship.

November 15, 1941