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/