Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, September 8, 2007
Description:
The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bernice Shafer. Shafer was born in Ackley, Iowa 26 December 1926. She began nurse training at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Des Moines in 1941. Upon graduating in 1944, she entered the US Army Nurse Corps and began basic training at Camp Carson, Colorado. When she completed basic, she was assigned to Leonard General Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. After a period of time, she was shipped to Camp Pendleton, California in prepa…
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Date:
September 8, 2007
Duration:
1 hour 42 minutes 20 seconds
Creator:
Shafer, Bernice
Partner:
National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation