WWII Scrapbook

Katie PautlerAs

Mary Williams

The Times

December 1941: US

enters war.

July 1943: I received my formal training

and entered the war as a nurse.

September 1943: My division of

nurses accompanied US

forces at the invasion of Italy.

July 1944: We receive word of

the success of D-Day.

May 1945: Germany

surrenders.

Worth 1000 Words

I found this child abandoned in Salnero during a bomb warning. The gas masks we are wearing are to keep us from breathing in the debris of the possible bombs.

One weekend, some locals brought us some tea to thank us for helping.

Here we are enjoying the break from the normal rations, which were

nasty bits of dried fruit and meat we had trouble choking down at

first!

Breaking News

This article from 1946 and famous news picture from 1945 made the life of an army nurse seem easy and

glamorous. Once, some new nurses entered our group

because of this newspaper article, thinking their job would be easy. No one was prepared for what we ended

up facing.

Our Precious Things

This is the uniform I wore during most of the war. It was itchy, and no one had the right size because we had to wear whatever we could.

These are some German coins one of the doctors gave to me. He

said that he found them on a German soldier who died in

surgery. I was shocked they had tried to save a German.

My Papers

This an ID card from one of my best friends during the war. A few years after the war, she sent this to me.

She said it was worthless to her now, and she wanted

me to have it to remember her.

My parents sent this newspaper clipping to me

along with a letter begging me to come home. I missed them,

but I wanted to fulfill my patriotic duties.

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