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Box 22

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Delila Cook Nielson Olsen memoir, 2004 October

 File — Box: 22, Folder: 23
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1 File 573
Scope and Contents

Materials contain the memoir of Delila Cook Nielson Olsen regarding her service in the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) during World War II. Talks about reporting to officers in Seattle, training in New York City, and the thrill of wearing a United States military uniform. Describes her marriage and her duty of caring for shiploads of wounded soldiers. Contains photographs within the text. Dated October 2004.

Dates: 2004 October
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II / Saints at War Project records for the United States Navy / Saints at War Project records for the United States Navy Medical Corps

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