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Title: Interview of Patricia W. Pasbach on her experience in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in post-WWII Germany
Creator: Pasbach, Patricia W., 1923-
Date: 1983-04-26
Collection: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Description: Patricia W. Pasbach discusses her experiences in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps while attached to the 124th General Hospital in Salzburg, the 279th General Hospital in Berlin, and the 120th Station Hospital in Bayreuth in 1946. Pasbach speaks at length about her experiences in a divided Berlin, detailing the economic problems caused by postwar inflation in Germany and discussing the Russian occupation of East Berlin and the territory around Berlin. She also describes spending weekends in...
Show morePatricia W. Pasbach discusses her experiences in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps while attached to the 124th General Hospital in Salzburg, the 279th General Hospital in Berlin, and the 120th Station Hospital in Bayreuth in 1946. Pasbach speaks at length about her experiences in a divided Berlin, detailing the economic problems caused by postwar inflation in Germany and discussing the Russian occupation of East Berlin and the territory around Berlin. She also describes spending weekends in Berchtesgaden while stationed in Salzburg, and her anxiety about being stationed in a foreign city where she did not know anyone. Pasbach says she was offered the chance to sign on for another year, but did not want to stay in Europe that long and left the Army in November 1946 after a little over a year of service. Pasbach is interviewed by Elsie Hornbacher.
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Title: U.S. President John F. Kennedy's speech on the Berlin crisis
Creator: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Date: 1961-07-25
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: High quality recording of President John F. Kennedy's speech on the Berlin crisis. Kennedy warns the USSR against moves in Berlin that might appear hostile or restrict access to the East Berlin sector. Kennedy calls for increased US military spending in order to counter the Communist threat and cautions the American public about the possible consequences.

Title: Berlin City Hall speech
Creator: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Date: 1964
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Address at the Berlin City Hall, "Ich bin ein Berliner." Speech recorded June 26, 1963.

Title: Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin is officially removed after 45 years
Date: 1990
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin is officially removed after 45 years. With the opening of all barriers between East and West Berlin, the symbol of occupation and of the separation of the two Berlins is formally and ceremoniously removed. James Baker and Douglas Hurd, British Foreign Minister, speak.

Title: Suppressing Communist uprisings in Berlin
Creator: Noske, Gustav, 1868-1946
Date: 1919-03-13
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection

Title: Report to the nation on the Berlin crisis
Creator: Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Date: 1964
Collection: G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
Description: U.S. President John F. Kennedy's reports to the American people on the Crisis in Berlin. Summer 1961. Recording preceded by an introduction from U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

Title: Former U.S Air Force Major Ruth Rowntree talks about her eleven years of active duty, first in the Women's Army Air Corps and later the U.S. Air Force
Creator: Rowntree, Ruth
Date: 198x
Collection: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Description: Former U.S Air Force Major Ruth Rowntree talks about her eleven years of active duty, first in the Women's Army Air Corps and later the U.S. Air Force. Rowntree says that she left her job as a secretary to volunteer when World War II started, was inducted in October 1942, went to Officer Candidate School, and was later assigned to the all male Statistical Control Section. She says that she was in the first group to become regular Air Force officers and later became a Management Analysis...
Show moreFormer U.S Air Force Major Ruth Rowntree talks about her eleven years of active duty, first in the Women's Army Air Corps and later the U.S. Air Force. Rowntree says that she left her job as a secretary to volunteer when World War II started, was inducted in October 1942, went to Officer Candidate School, and was later assigned to the all male Statistical Control Section. She says that she was in the first group to become regular Air Force officers and later became a Management Analysis officer, Wing Comptroller, and finally Assistant Division Comptroller until her discharge in 1953. She also talks about the Berlin airlift, about the complex record keeping duties she had while serving in Wiesbaden, Germany and finally leaving the service to be with her husband.
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Title: Interview of Lieutenant Colonel Bernice R. Couzynse (Ret.) on her service as a U.S. Army nurse during WWII and other conflicts
Creator: Couzynse, Bernice R., 1919-1997
Date: 1983-03-17
Collection: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Description: Lieutenant Colonel Bernice R. Couzynse (Ret.) talks about her long military career and serving on four continents as a United States Army nurse. Couzynse says she completed nursing school in the fall of 1942 and by March 1943 had enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps. She tells of deploying to North Africa with a hospital unit, being under attack by German aircraft, moving up to Naples after the invasion of Italy, setting up a hospital at an agricultural college, moving with the troops as they...
Show moreLieutenant Colonel Bernice R. Couzynse (Ret.) talks about her long military career and serving on four continents as a United States Army nurse. Couzynse says she completed nursing school in the fall of 1942 and by March 1943 had enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps. She tells of deploying to North Africa with a hospital unit, being under attack by German aircraft, moving up to Naples after the invasion of Italy, setting up a hospital at an agricultural college, moving with the troops as they advanced, being near the front lines and treating extreme battlefield injuries. At the end of the war in Europe, Couzynse says that she did not have enough points to rotate home and was slated to be sent to Japan as part of the U.S. invasion forces. Ironically, she says that she did later serve in Japan during the Korean Conflict. Couzynse recalls her duty in Germany in the early 1960s, the Berlin Wall crisis when all leaves were cancelled, and finally finishing her career as head nurse at William Beaumont Hospital in El Paso, TX in April 1971. She credits the Army with giving her a chance to have an interesting career, to travel, and to make many friends. Couzynse is interviewed by Doris J. Triick.
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