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- Marian Sievert Mosher, transcript of an oral history interview : July 7, 1989
- Creator
- Mosher, Marian Sievert, 1915-2006
- Date
- 1990
- Collection
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description
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Transcript of interview of Marian Sievert Mosher conducted by Vivian Peterson. In the interview, Mosher describes her time as a nurse during World War II at the 165th Station Hospital in Hawaii and the Philippines. In addition to the general details about living conditions and daily life as a nurse, she particularly details the training she conducted for servicemen who would be out on the front and the American prisoners of war she worked with in the Philippines. Mosher also discusses her...
Show moreTranscript of interview of Marian Sievert Mosher conducted by Vivian Peterson. In the interview, Mosher describes her time as a nurse during World War II at the 165th Station Hospital in Hawaii and the Philippines. In addition to the general details about living conditions and daily life as a nurse, she particularly details the training she conducted for servicemen who would be out on the front and the American prisoners of war she worked with in the Philippines. Mosher also discusses her time after the war when she traveled to Vietnam, India, Egypt, and Jordan to advise on teaching and teach nursing to locals in those areas.
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- U.S. President Bill Clinton speaks to the First Infantry Division at a wreath-laying ceremony before departing for D-Day celebrations in Europe
- Creator
- Clinton, Bill, 1946-
- Date
- 1994-06-01
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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President Clinton speaks to the First Infantry Division at a wreath-laying ceremony before departing for D-Day celebrations in Europe.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at the 1941 White House Correspondents' Dinner
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1941-03-15
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks about the rise of dictatorships in Europe, the dangers of Nazism, and threats to democracy. He argues in favor of sending aid to the Allied nations and states that American citizens will need to make sacrifices in order to help the war effort.
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- Dean Acheson gives an address from Washington, D.C., speaking on various topics
- Creator
- Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971
- Date
- 1946-12-08
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson discusses conditions in European and other countries at end of World War II; U.S. aid to foreign countries; explanation of U.N.R.R.A. and eligibility of countries for relief.
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- Fireside chat. 1941 May 27, NBC introduction
- Date
- 1941-05-27
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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NBC announcers set the stage for U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's only fireside chat ever delivered before a live audience. The announcers explain that FDR will likely declare an "unlimited national emergency" in light of the German sinking of the British battleship H.M.S. Hood followed by the British sinking of the German battleship Bismarck.
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- U.S. President Ronald Reagan delivers a speech at Normandy Beach head
- Creator
- Reagan, Ronald
- Date
- 1984-06-06
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Ronald Reagan remembers the gallantry of military on that spot, Pointe du Hoc, forty years earlier on D-Day.
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- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a D-Day speech and prayer followed by a chorus singing hymns
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1944-06-06
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt leads the nation in prayer for the troops landing on Normandy beaches on D-Day and a mixed chorus sings popular hymns. Introduced by an unidentified speaker.
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- U.S. President Harry S. Truman addresses Congress for the first time as President
- Creator
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
- Date
- 1945-04-16
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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President Harry S. Truman addresses Congress for the first time as President after President Franklin D. Roosevelts death on April 12. Richard Harkness analyzes the speech, which promises unconditional surrender, permanent world peace, and a continuity of the progressive liberalism of President Roosevelt.
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- President Clinton speaks at the ceremonies in Normandy on the 50th anniversary of the D-Day invasion
- Creator
- Clinton, Bill, 1946-
- Date
- 1994-06-06
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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President Clinton speaks at the ceremonies in Normandy on the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day invasion.
- Title
- Surrender of Japanese aboard the U.S.S. Misssouri in Tokyo Bay
- Creator
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- Date
- 1945-09-01
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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General Douglas MacArthur outlines the purpose of signing, expresses personal hope for future, explains his responsibilities as Allied Supreme Commander, and leads Allied signing of the agreement.
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- Omar Bradley states that the United States does not want war
- Creator
- Bradley, Omar Nelson, 1893-1981
- Date
- 1949
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Omar Bradley states that the U.S. does not want war and he discusses the United States' problems and responsibilities pertaining to this policy.
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- Victory in Japan day, end of World War II
- Creator
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
- Date
- 1945-09-02
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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General Douglas MacArthur speaks on Victory in Japan (V-J) day, the end of World War II, after the Japanese surrender aboard the U.S.S. Missouri. The broadcast begins with a description of the scene given by an unidentified reporter. Before General MacArthur's speech, U.S. President Harry Truman speaks about the end of the war, the conflict between the United States and Japan, and his hopes for the future. He proclaims September 2, 1945 to be V-J Day.
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- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks about the extension of selective military service
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1941-07-21
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt reads his message to Congress regarding extension of selective military service, the Reserve, and National Guard. The message asks Congress to extend the term of duty of draftees, preventing the demobilization that would have taken place in August.
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- Excerpt of testimony before U.S. Senate War Investigating Committee
- Creator
- Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
- Date
- 1947
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan questions Howard Hughes.
- Title
- General John J. Pershing talks about preparedness for peace
- Creator
- Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
- Date
- 1940-08-04
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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John Jim Pershing talks about preparedness for peace, keeping the European War contained in Europe, isolationism, and supports sending military supplies to Great Britain.
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- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1940-10-29
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War...
Show moreU.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. draw the first two numbers and Roosevelt reads the numbers aloud.
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- Announcement of American troops landing in Northern Africa
- Date
- 1942-11-08
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Announcement of American troops landing in Northern Africa.
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- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth inaugural address
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1945-01-20
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his fourth inaugural address, speaking briefly about the war and democracy.
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- Dorothy M. Harrison reads from the memoir of the late Anna Catherine Corbin, who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II
- Creator
- Corbin, Anna Catherine, 1912-1970
- Date
- 1983-10
- Collection
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description
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Dorothy M. Harrison reads from the memoir of the late Anna Catherine Corbin, a Louisville Women's Overseas Service League member, who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Corbin describes deploying as part of the 300th General Hospital unit out of Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, being shipped to North Africa on a converted ocean liner, landing at Bizerte, Tunisia and later being sent to Naples, Italy. Corbin talks about setting up a hospital in a former TB...
Show moreDorothy M. Harrison reads from the memoir of the late Anna Catherine Corbin, a Louisville Women's Overseas Service League member, who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Corbin describes deploying as part of the 300th General Hospital unit out of Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, being shipped to North Africa on a converted ocean liner, landing at Bizerte, Tunisia and later being sent to Naples, Italy. Corbin talks about setting up a hospital in a former TB sanatorium in Naples, treating soldiers with terrible wounds, the enormous number of casualties that came from the Battle of Anzio, working 23 hour shifts and how few patient fatalities the hospital had in the face of such carnage. She says that she was shipped back to the States in August 1945 and was discharged in October 1945.
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- Title
- Interview of Rose Stornant on her service as a legal secretary in the Women's Army Corps during WWII
- Creator
- Stornant, Rose, 1915-2002
- Date
- 1984-07-11
- Collection
- Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Description
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Rose Stornant talks about her service as a legal secretary in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Stornant recalls her training and her different U.S. assignments before being shipped to England in March 1944. She remembers being in Salisbury England watching the gliders and Airborne troop transports heading for Normandy on D-Day and says that she wasn't sent to France until November 1944. Stornant says that she was in Paris during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of 1944 and also...
Show moreRose Stornant talks about her service as a legal secretary in the Women's Army Corps during World War II. Stornant recalls her training and her different U.S. assignments before being shipped to England in March 1944. She remembers being in Salisbury England watching the gliders and Airborne troop transports heading for Normandy on D-Day and says that she wasn't sent to France until November 1944. Stornant says that she was in Paris during the Battle of the Bulge at the end of 1944 and also talks about Christmas in Paris, the celebrations on V-E Day, Bastille Day, and V-J Day and finally earning enough points to be sent back to the States. She says that she worked in Chicago for a short time after the war, but finally returned to Lansing, MI to reclaim her old job. Stornant is interviewed by Elsie Hornbacher.
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