by Cindy Entriken | Mar 28, 2021 | 1st Marine Division, Army nurse, Australia, Guadalcanal, Women's History Month, WWII
a tribute to a U. S. Army nurse caring for sick Marines who fought on Guadalcanal. In honor of Women’s History Month, I’ve written a tribute to my great aunt, Ila Armsbury, a U. S. Army nurse assigned to the 155th Station Hospital at Camp Cable in...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 9, 2020 | Australia, Espionage In Australia, Ila's War, WWII
Espionage in World War II Before and during WWII, every thinking adult worried about espionage. Was that reclusive man down the street a spy? What about the fisherman who spent his days down at the docks? Was he fishing or was he really taking soundings and relaying...
by Cindy Entriken | Nov 8, 2020 | Australia, discovering Australia, Ila's War, WWII
Although Ila Armsbury dreamed of traveling the world she didn’t have any particular destination in mind. But when she landed in Australia as a member of the U. S. Army, 155th Station Hospital, in June of 1942 she was thrilled. For all the similarities of life...
