The Scrapbook of Anne Turner
December 7, 1941 – November 20, 1943
WW2
Pearl Harbor
December 7 1941
Me in my uniform after I helped save lives during the attack on Pearl Harbor. When the Japs started the
attack by dropping bombs
on the Harbor.
A picture of my nurse’s uniform that I wore during the war.
This was a poster to encourage young women to join the cause and become a nurse.
Pearl HarborOn a quiet Sunday morning I was
working my shift at the hospital when all of a sudden I heard these striking
booms. Me and the rest of the hospital staff sprinted outside to see what all the commotion was about.
What we seen were hundreds of planes bombing and attacking the navel crew. The hospital staff and I frantically started to tend to all the
wounded civilians. This will be a day that I will never forget, because the
images of thousands of innocent people dying will always be engraved
in my memory.
The facts•Attack lasted 4
hours•Japs had 420 planes•Sank 21 ships•Attack stated at 7:55 am•Damaged 188 of US aircrafts•2403 Americans died.
The attack on Pearl
Harbor quickly caught
the eye of the press
and the news spread
to every part of th
e
united states.
Pearl
Harbor
Battle of The Coral SeaMarch 4-8 1942
I have heard many stories of The Battle of the Coral Sea. This was the first confrontation in the war between America and Japan. We fought in the southwest waters of The Solomon Islands. I heard this battle saved Australia. Many men were being injured and needed medical care. Most of them came to the hospital I was working at. Thanks to our medical crew we managed to save a lot of lives.
The USS Lexington burning
during th
e battle. A
Man
that was b
eing treated in
the hospital gave this
picture too me.
The medical crew I
worked with during
The Battle of The Coral
Sea.
The Battle O
f Midway
Wile m
y husband la
id in th
e hospita
l afte
r his
surgery, h
e
told me everything th
ing he witn
ess durin
g The Battle of
Midway. H
e said th
at US effecti
vely destroyed Ja
pan’s
naval stre
ngth when th
e they destr
oyed four o
f its a
ircraft
carri
ers. It
wasn’t a
pretty s
ight and he belie
ves Japan’s
navy will
never reco
ver from its
maulin
g at Midway.
This was a photo he had took from the ship he was on. We were bombing Japan’s major ships.
JUNE 4-7 1942
The Battle Of Midway
I met my husband Ensign George H. Gay at Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital, I gave him a copy of the "Honolulu Star-Bulletin" newspaper featuring accounts of the battle. He was the only survivor of the 4 June 1942 Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) TBD torpedo plane attack on the Japanese carrier force during The Battle of Midway. Shortly after the war we got married.
Medals and Awards
After the war my husband, Ensign George H. Gay, won the Navy Cross, the Presidential unit citation and the
Air Medal.
This was the first letter I have ever written to Ensign when he
went back to war after his
surgery.
Dear Ensign,
How are you? I missed you so
much since you have been
gone. I think about you every
day as I await your safe return
home. As of me, I’m ok and so is
everyone else. I sure do wish
this war would end. It has been
putting a lot of stress on
everyone here including me.
Well I will keep this short. Love
always
Anne xoxo
Ensigns First letter to me as he went back
to war.
Dear Anne,I’m okay. I miss you too as always; it’s real lonely out here
without you. Thinking about
you and our life together after
this is what keeps me going.
Things here are not as bad as
people may think. I mean yeah, it can get scary at times
but it’s what I have to deal with. Well I hope too here from you soon, keep me updated on what is going on
with you and everyone else.Love Ensign
This was my last letter to Ensign. He never replied back. Later I found out
that he passed away in a horrible shooting. No one
seen this coming for it was truly a surprise
attack. He will remain in my heart forever.
Dear Ensign,
This will be my last letter to
you. For some reason they
told me that you are on an
important mission, and you
will not receive anymore
letters until after the task is
complete. I truly hope that
you will be safe during this
mission. I will be worried sick
about you until I hear from
you again. I will keep you in
my thoughts and in my heart
and I hope you will do the
same for me. Love always
Anne XOXO
The Change in America Rosie The Riveter was the symbol for
working women during the war.
It was quite odd how us Americans could be so against war, then all of a sudden be so for it. I guess it was a rush of pride that swept over us. We were not going to sit back while Japan bombed us.
THE CHANGES• More Women were taking jobs of the men because the men were being sent to fight.• More pride in our country.• We Americans seemed more close nit as a nation.• Some factories were changed into factories that made things for the war.
Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II. The campaign began with Japanese landings and occupation of several areas in the British Solomon Islands, during the first six months of 1942. The Japanese occupied these locations and began the construction of several naval and air, hoping to establish a security barrier for the major Japanese base at Rabaul on New Britain. We had to stop them. We fought on land, on sea, and in the air, the we wore the Japanese down, inflicting horrible losses on the Japanese military. The we retook some of the Solomon Islands, and also isolated and neutralized some Japanese positions, which were then bypassed.
THE FACTS
The U.S. Marines Landing on
the Solomon Islands trying to
fight off the Japanese. A picture
found in our local newspaper.
August 1942
Gilbert IslandsThe invasion fleet, Task Force 52, set sail for an invasion on the Gilbert Islands from Pearl Harbor on 10 Nov 1943. The force sailed with 35,000 troops, 120,000 tons of supplies, and six thousand vehicles.
This would be the last battle I was involved in. I could no longer take the fighting and the dying of men I knew and loved. I resigned as a nurse after this battle.
I took this picture out of our local newspaper. It was involved with an article about the fight at the Gilbert islands.
November 20, 1943
WORK CITED• http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/midway.htm (Information)• http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~michaelm/coral1.html (Information)• http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq81-1.htm (Pictures)• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea (Information)• http://info.med.yale.edu/library/news/exhibits/nursing/classof1945wweb.jpg• http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/60/11360-004-6C4A2C5F.jpg• http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/WW2Timeline/newweapons.html (Pictures and
Information)• http://images.cafepress.com/image/13723988_400x400.jpg• http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/74/71374-004-944EF080.jpg• http://www.worldwar2database.com/html/tarawa.htm• http://www.ww2pacific.com/