Carrie Radnik Collection

Oral history interview with Carrie G. Radnik
Primarily documents Carrie Gammel Radnik's service in the Army Nurse Corps from 1942 to 1945. Pre-war topics include Radnik's high school education; the Depression; studying nursing at Touro Infirmary, New Orleans; and the attack on Pearl Harbor. She discusses her reasons for enlisting in the ANC, and why she did not initially tell her mother. Discussion of her first years in the service includes her general nursing work at Camp Livingston and adjusting to military life. She also mentions her unit's overseas training and her voyage from New York to Australia. " Of her time overseas, Radnik discusses the layout and typical activities of the 42nd General Hospital in Brisbane; arriving at New Guinea; being stationed near the front; her friends Mary Murphy and Janet Froome; reuniting with family and friends; using V-Mail; leisure activities and living conditions on the island; and meeting her husband, Martin. Radnik briefly describes her marriage, discharge, children, and post-service nursing career. The interview ends with a discussion of some of Radnik's personal photos.