Mildred A. MacGregor Video Interview - World War II Nurse from Michigan

In late 1942, along with so many others who signed up to support the war effort, thirty-year-old Mildred Radawiec left a comfortable position as a nurse at the University of Michigan Hospital and postponed her marriage to a soon-to-be dentist to volunteer as a surgical nurse in the major battle theaters of the war. Radawiec was one of thirty volunteers from the hospital surgical staff that comprised the University of Michigan Unit, the 298th General Hospital, as the University of Michigan Hospital was called. Radawiec's first-person history recounts her wartime experience with sharp detail and grace and sets the stage for a you-are-there experience-from the thrill of signing up and shipping out; to the harrowing ocean crossing and the arduous trip through many of the World War II theaters of war. This stirring personal account of war will mesmerize anyone interested in World War II history and women's too-often-overlooked role in it.

Mildred A. MacGregor is ex. Lieutenant Mildred A. Radawiec, Army Nurse Corp. She was part of the Third Auxiliary Surgical Group in World War II and was stationed in England, North Africa, France, and Germany. She is 96 and lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Her book is called World War II Front Line Nurse.

Excerpts from the Mildred MacGregor interview – (High-Speed Internet Recommended)

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