Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Audio Recording Elsie F. Perch Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Unit of Service: 105th Station Hospital; 33rd Field Hospital
- Location of Service: Nichols General Hospital, Louisville and Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Ferryville, North Africa; Rome, Anzio and Pisa, Italy
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/10180
Ordered to the Anzio beachhead as a replacement-six nurses had been killed there-Elsie Perch wondered what on earth she had gotten herself into when she signed up for the Army Nurse Corps. However, she sustained her courage by thinking of the sacrifices of the men she treated. Although stationed at a hospital station removed from the front, Perch was far from safe. Once, the Germans deliberately shelled the hospital, killing five patients and wounding eighteen. When speaking of the dead and wounded, and of the bravery of the men she helped, Perch is often overcome by emotion, her private wounds still raw after 60 years.
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PlayCarrying on a long-distance romance with her future husband, Dan Perch, a soldier stationed elsewhere. 00:15:09.4 - 00:17:08.6
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PlayAssigned to the Anzio beachhead. 00:17:09.3 - 00:22:44.6
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PlayConditions at the Evac Hospital at Anzio. 00:23:15.7 - 00:25:24.4
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PlayTreating the wounded; a deliberate shelling of the hospital. 00:26:40.3 - 00:28:16.2
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About this Item
Title
- Elsie F. Perch Collection
Names
- Fisher, Andrew L.
- Jones, Tamara
- Perch, Elsie F.
- University of Toledo
Home State
- Ohio
Headings
- - Perch, Elsie F.
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army Nurse Corps.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Female
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Unit of Service: 105th Station Hospital; 33rd Field Hospital
- Location of Service: Nichols General Hospital, Louisville and Fort Knox, Kentucky; Fort Dix, New Jersey; Ferryville, North Africa; Rome, Anzio and Pisa, Italy
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Dates of Service: 1942-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Manuscript: Creative works [9 items] -- (collected 2000)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [3 items] -- (collected unknown)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2003-11-14)
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2006-03-22; 2006-03-22)
- Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 2006-09-27; 2006-09-27)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2006-09-27)
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2006-09-27; 2006-09-27)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/10180
Cite as
- Elsie F. Perch Collection (AFC/2001/001/10180), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- audio
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- online text
Additional Metadata Formats
IIIF Presentation Manifest
Part of
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Ferryville, North Africa
- Fort DIX, New Jersey
- Nichols General Hospital, Louisville and Fort Knox, Kentucky
- Rome, Anzio and Pisa, Italy