Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Gertrude Esteros

Titles: Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I: Interview with Gertrude Esteros (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Gertrude Esteros was born in 1914 in Minnesota. In 1941, she joined the American Red Cross and was assigned to the 37th Field Hospital Unit. In late 1942, she was sent to the South Pacific and had duty stations in New Guinea and in the Philippines. Following V-J Day, Gertrude returned to the United States and resigned from the Red Cross. She then took a teaching position at a Minnesota university until retiring in 1980. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Decision to join the American Red Cross; assignment to the 37th Field Hospital Unit and later to the South Pacific; experience of hospital field work; setting up recreation centers for servicemen; being in a male populated setting; decision to resign from the Red Cross after the end of war; returning to civilian life and getting back to teaching; exploring Guatemala.

Dates

• 02/27/2003 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Esteros, Gertrude Anna
• interviewer: Saylor, Thomas

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 112
• Accession Number: AV2006.1.9

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation Oral History Project: Part I' <OH 112>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 35 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 115 minutes length

Subjects

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