Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Mary Elizabeth Ahern Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Location of Service: Fort George Wright, Washington; Santa Ana Army Air Base, California; George Army Airfield, California; Camp Bowie, Texas; England; France; Germany; European Theater
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/107288
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About this Item
Title
- Mary Elizabeth Ahern Collection
Names
- Ahern, Mary Elizabeth
- Farrar, Mike
- American Red Cross, Greater Long Beach Chapter
Home State
- California
Headings
- - Ahern, Mary Elizabeth
- - 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
- Location of Service: Fort George Wright, Washington; Santa Ana Army Air Base, California; George Army Airfield, California; Camp Bowie, Texas; England; France; Germany; European Theater
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Dates of Service: 1944-1945
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran cared for prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp.
Materials
- Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2016-07-23)
- Manuscript: Biography [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 2016)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [1 item] -- Portrait (collected 1944)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/107288
Cite as
- Mary Elizabeth Ahern Collection (AFC/2001/001/107288), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- video
Additional Metadata Formats
Wars & Conflicts
Service Branch
Location of Service
- Camp Bowie, Texas
- England
- European Theater
- Fort George Wright, Washington
- France
- George Army Airfield, California
- Germany
- Santa Ana Army Air Base, California