Mildred Biggar World War II Interview

Mildred Biggar World War II Interview

World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.

United States -- History, Military.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Interviews.

United States. Army Nurse Corps -- History.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States.

Mildred Biggar served in the Army Nurse Corps. Interviewed in 2004 by Pattie Johnston as part of the Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project, Biggar talked about her experiences during the Second World War. Biggar was born and raised in Arkansas. Upon graduating high school in 1939, she left for Memphis, Tennessee to attend nursing school. After three years of training, she joined the Army Nurse Corps. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Biggar worked at the Schofield Barracks in Oahu, Hawaii. Throughout her interview, Biggar reflected on her nursing training and duties before and during the war, her interactions with wounded soldiers, leisure time in Oahu, and meeting her husband, Bill. Bill was an engineer and fellow Officer in the Army. They married in Hawaii in 1944. Prior to the end of the war, Mildred and Bill lived in South Gate, California. Biggar discussed life in California after the war.

Biggar, Mildred

Kansas Veterans of World War II Oral History Project / Lawrence Remembers: The World War II Years Project

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2004

Johnston, Pattie

Kansas State Historical Society

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MP4

eng

Oral History

Biggar_Mildred WII Interview

Schofield Barracks (Hawaii)

1939 - 1945

Johnston, Pattie

Biggar, Mildred

Douglas County (Kan.)

VHS

0:47:29

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