Virginia Visser World War II Interview

Virginia Visser 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.

Virginia Visser served as a First Lieutenant in the Army Nurse Corps during the Second World War. Interviewed by Ashley Isbell on November 4, 2007, Visser talked about her experiences during the war. Visser was first assigned to Camp Carson, Colorado. She then went overseas and worked in several hospitals (the 187th General Hospital, 36th General Hospital, 2nd Evacuation Hospital, 5th Evacuation Hospital, and the 91st Evacuation Hospital) in England, France, and Germany. Visser passed away on February 8, 2017.

Visser, Virginia

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

Lawrence Public Library (Lawrence, Kan.)

2007-11-04

Isbell, Ashley

Kansas State Historical Society

The original copy of this video is available through the Lawrence Public Library. The Watkins Museum of History and the Kansas State Historical Society may also have interviews associated with this project, which was funded through a grant program passed by the Kansas State Legislature in 2005. Researchers are responsible for obtaining any necessary permissions for uses other than educational or scholarly research. Contact the Watkins Museum of History for additional information: https://www.watkinsmuseum.org/

To access the video recording of this oral history, go to: https://archive.org/details/visser-interview

Obituary: https://obituaries.ljworld.com/obituaries/ljworld/obituary.aspx?n=virginia-visser&pid=184102493

Flint Hills Oral History Project World War II Veterans Series interview: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/211491

The Watkins Museum of History also holds items related to this collection.

Transcripts for this project are available through the Kansas Memory Digital Collection: https://www.kansasmemory.org/item/212323

Other resources for interviews with World War II veterans are available through the Library of Congress' Veterans History Project: https://www.loc.gov/vets/vets-home.htm

MP4

eng

Oral History

Visser Interview

England

1941 - 1945

Isbell, Ashley

Visser, Virginia

Douglas County (Kan.)

VHS

1:03:56

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