Memoirs of Ruth Hooper

Memoirs of Ruth Hooper

Hooper, Ruth Williams, 1902-1984

Hooper, W. Carr (Weston Carr), 1903-1981

Philippines -- Description and travel

Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Liberation

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American

World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese

In this personal narrative Ruth Williams Hooper shares her experiences in the Philippines before World War II, of her time at Santo Tomas Internment Camp with her husband Carr Hooper, and of their return home. The camp, also known as the Manila Internment Camp, was run by the Japanese military during World War II and housed over 3,000 internees from January 1942 until February 1945.

Hooper, Ruth Williams, 1902-1984

Carr and Ruth Hooper Papers

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1942-1945

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This transcription has been provided by WCU students Samuel Fox, Brandon French, Aramis Martinez, Andrew Robinette, and Jarred Worley (MA English), whose annotated version is available at http://libres.uncg.edu/ir/wcu/listing.aspx?id=21499

2016-08-26

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World War II in Southern Appalachia