Biographical Information

Gender:

Female

Race:

White

Home State:

TX

War or Conflict:

World War II, 1939-1946

Status:

Veteran

Branch of Service:

Army Nurse Corps

Location of Service:

Guam (Mariana Islands); Iwo Jima [UF Naka Iwo, Sulphur Island]; Puerto Rico; Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii; Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Highest Rank:

Colonel

Prisoner of War:

No

Service Related Injury:

No

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] --Oral history interview

Photograph: Original photographic print [1 item] --Portrait

Interviewer:

Welda A. Smith 

Donor:

Ruth F. Stewart

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

Women's Overseas Service League, San Antonio Unit

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/41240

Subjects:

Thompson, Erna
World War II, 1939-1946 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army Nurse Corps.

Cite as:

Erna Thompson Collection (AFC/2001/001/41240), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress