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Memoirs of Ruth Hooper
Memoirs of Ruth Hooper
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nieces and nephews. They bought clothes for us and did so many, many things to make us feel that we have come home, but even there, as everywhere, sometimes I felt that I was a strange stranger, and then to North Carolina and to Carr's most precious family. He has a big family, not small like mine, and in my confusion- it was hard to learn who was who and who belonged to who. I just knew they were wonderful. After a few days I returned to Tennessee and to Nashville to go through the medical tests the Ship's Doctor had laid out for me. I was put on a strict do this, don't do that routine which I found difficult to follow as one can't climb into bed and rest when others around you are so busy at their daily work. They had no complaints but there were times when I felt that I had reached the end of a long, long road. We found everywhere people who had worked all through the war, had done without things, had helped in any way they could. We also found (to quote one of David Brinkley's much used expression) the "fat cats" who had, through dishonesty, black market, hoarding, etc. as has been done in all wars, had become fabulously rich and in some cases I talked with those who didn't even know there had been a war - it had not changed their lives in anyway. Since we were asked so many times if we had any news as to what was going on, I will try to clear this up. We had rumors, rumors, rumors - some good, some bad. We could never know whether any were true or propaganda as it was mostly in Japanese. They, as I said before, gave news of their victories. We heard of the lancing in Leyte, but we didn't know whether or not it was true so could not feel very elated. Our news came over a small radio that had been made by some of the internees from pieces of this or that (mostly tin cans and pieces of wire). It was
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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.
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World War II
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