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Description
Ms. Wilson looks back at her service and comments on her appreciation, in hindsight, for her own contribution.
Transcription
Interviewer: Mrs. Wilson, looking back on your service and that of the Nursing Sisters in general, how would you describe their contribution to Canada's war effort?
Well, I certainly hope we helped. I think we had to be there, they needed nurses, our orderlies were very well trained and they did a great job.
Interviewer: Did you realize at the time the enormity of what you were doing?
I don't think so.
Interviewer: You have an appreciation for it now, I suppose.
Well yes, I do because it was great experience, we met some very nice people and some of them have remained my friends through the years, and you know, what more can you say than that?
Interviewer: How would you say that your service in World War II affected you in later life?
Oh, I think it broadened my outlook a little, nurses had a tendency when you trained in a particular hospital to be quite provincial about it, you know, yours was the hospital, you went overseas and you met people from all across the country and they were every bit as good as anybody that had trained in your area.
Well, I certainly hope we helped. I think we had to be there, they needed nurses, our orderlies were very well trained and they did a great job.
Interviewer: Did you realize at the time the enormity of what you were doing?
I don't think so.
Interviewer: You have an appreciation for it now, I suppose.
Well yes, I do because it was great experience, we met some very nice people and some of them have remained my friends through the years, and you know, what more can you say than that?
Interviewer: How would you say that your service in World War II affected you in later life?
Oh, I think it broadened my outlook a little, nurses had a tendency when you trained in a particular hospital to be quite provincial about it, you know, yours was the hospital, you went overseas and you met people from all across the country and they were every bit as good as anybody that had trained in your area.
Catégories
Looking Back at Service
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Personne interviewée
Helen Elizabeth Wilson
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
No. 5 Canadian General Hospital / No. 6 Mobile Hospital
Occupation
Operating Room Nurse
Durée
01:39