| Title |
Mary Camilla Howe Sims, Midvale, Utah: an interview by Becky B. Lloyd, March 22, 2004: Saving the legacy tape no. 650 |
| Alternative Title |
Mary Camilla Howe Sims, Saving the legacy: an oral history of Utah's World War II veterans, ACCN 2070, American West Center, University of Utah |
| Creator |
Sims, Mary Camilla Howe, 1921-2010 |
| Contributor |
Lloyd, Becky B.; University of Utah. American West Center |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2004-03-22 |
| Date Digital |
2015-09-16 |
| Access Rights |
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| Spatial Coverage |
New Guinea; Philippines; Wisconsin, United States |
| Subject |
Sims, Mary Camilla Howe, 1921-2010--Interviews; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; Veterans--Utah--Biography; World War, 1939-1945--Women--United States--Biography; United States--Army Nurse Corps; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care |
| Keywords |
Nurses; Hospitals |
| Description |
Transcript (26 pages) of an interview by Becky B. Lloyd with Mary Camilla Howe Sims on March 22, 2004. This is from tape number 650 in the "Saving the Legacy Oral History Project |
| Collection Number and Name |
Accn2070, Saving the Legacy oral history project, 2001-2010 |
| Abstract |
Sims (b. 1921) was born in Darlington, Wisconsin, and received her nursing education at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wisconsin. She joined the Army Nurse Corps in October 1943 and boarded the SS Lurline for New Guinea. She served at the 54th General Hospital for the duration of the war with the exception of a few months spent in the Philippines. She describes life on the island, her duties and activities, her post-war marriage, and talks about her children. 26 pages. |
| Type |
Text |
| Genre |
oral histories (literary works) |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Extent |
26 pages |
| Language |
eng |
| Rights |
 |
| Scanning Technician |
Mazi Rakhsha |
| Conversion Specifications |
Original scanned with Kirtas 2400 and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF. PDF generated by Adobe Acrobat Pro X for CONTENTdm display |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6p28xd0 |
| Topic |
Personal narratives--American; Veterans; World War (1939-1945); Women in war; United States. Army Nurse Corps |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020046 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p28xd0 |
| Title |
Page 8 |
| Format |
application/pdf |
| Setname |
uum_slohp |
| ID |
1020026 |
| OCR Text |
Show M RY MILL HOW IM M R H 22 2004 ju t cov r d. A coupl of older nurses reminded us that, had w b en caught whil w were AWOL we would have been let out of the Army with no benefit . It was rath r a lesson to us. On the way home we stopped to eat. Of course we had to be very careful. We didn't eat the native food. We decided that the only food we could have at the little restaurant was a hard-boiled egg and a banana. So as we sat beside a window waiting all the little children of the neighborhood, of the whole community, came by to see me, because they had never seen a white woman before. They'd seen the Gis, you know, but never a white woman. It was quite unusual for them. While we were away, we had friends who worked our different shifts. They would sign us in and out so we were covered. We arrived home safely, which was a surprise (laughs). I have to stop and think for a minute. We lived in a little thatched hut. We had about four of them. One of them was set aside for the nurses who worked at night. We worked twelve-hour nights, as I said. So during the daytime we had the one hut we could sleep in, which was kept very quiet so we could have a good rest. I got along fine that way. We helped out sometimes in the kitchen when we were bored. Some of the girls would cook. I was never too much of a cook. I still am not much of a cook. Anyway, while we were there, in the process of our long stay, two of the nurses got married to Navy men and went home. Our chief nurse married. We had social events. We had theater. Sometimes we had USO people. We also had other entertainment. We met many people. We loved to dance and we always had a place where we could go and dance. The music may have not been so good, but we had a good time. We would meet people along the way where we date. Then one or the other would be moved. Then eventually, as we moved, they moved, and we'd meet them again as we came along in the islands. Towards the end of 7 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p28xd0/1020026 |
