Voices of War: Dorothy Tarleton
Dorothy Tarleton, of Coeur d'Alene, was an Army nurse in World War II. She was stationed on Tinian, the island from which the U.S. military launched atom bomb attacks on Japan in 1945 and was later part of the Army occupation forces in Japan, where she worked as a DJ in her spare time.
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Dorothy Tarleton of Coeur d'Alene talked about her time served as an Army nurse during WWII at her home on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. KATHY PLONKA The Spokesman-Review
Kathy Plonka The Spokesman-Review
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1st Lt. Dorothy (Coy) Tarleton sits with her nursing roommates in front of the 309 General Hospital in Fukuoka, Kyushu Japan in 1946.
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Tarleton (bent over) washes laundry with other nurses on Tinian Island in 1945.
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The Enola Gay B-29 bomber on Tinian Island.
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The North Field of Tinian Island is where the U.S. military kept many B-29 bombers, including those that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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A Japanese camp on Tinian after the U.S. military occupied the island.