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1988

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Combined Interviews

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Interview No. 796, Dr. Jean Turner Bowman Jun 1988

Interview No. 796, Dr. Jean Turner Bowman

Combined Interviews

Family background; medical school experiences; medical auxiliary; the Turner Home; life in EL Paso during WWII; Kern Places area; change in El Paso over the years; Ft. Bliss Hospital before renamed William Beaumont Hospital.

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Interview No. 824, Evelyn Foltz Slusser Holt Apr 1988

Interview No. 824, Evelyn Foltz Slusser Holt

Combined Interviews

Part of Health Care on the Border Project; training and work experience in obstetrics at El Paso Masonic Hospital; husband's work with Southern Pacific Railroad; polio and flu epidemics in El Paso; husband's house calls; Woman's Auxiliary of El Paso County Medical Society; closing of Masonic hospital.

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Interview No. 823, Frances Hatfield Apr 1988

Interview No. 823, Frances Hatfield

Combined Interviews

Part of Health Care on the Border Project; recalls husband's intership at El Paso City-County Hospital and opening private practice in Ysleta; economic conditions during the Depression; husband's military stint during WW II ; residency in Houston; polio epidemic; activities of Medical Auxiliary during WW II; Woman's Auxiliary of the Texas Medical Association; acquisition of Turner home by El Paso County Medical Society.

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Interview No. 771, James H. Polk Apr 1988

Interview No. 771, James H. Polk

Combined Interviews

Influence of parents, strong military tradition of family, West Point days 1929-1933, Fort Bliss in 1930s with trips to Juarez and polo games, cavalry school at Fort Riley, marriage and in-laws. Service in Europe in 3rd Cavalry under Gen. George Patton, battle tactics during European campaigns, comments about Patton, treatment of those released from concentration camps, comments about Douglas MacArthur, Korean campaigns, Berlin and political involvement required of military, comments on changes in the army between 1930s and 40s and 1970s, effects of Vietnam on the military, experiences during retirement years.

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