Healing_Th_Pacific,_An_Oral_History

Healing Th Pacific, An Oral History Sophie Georges was born in Calgary, Alberta, on January 14th, 1916. Five years after she was born, her family moved to Pennsylvania, in the United States, to live with her mother’s cousins. Her father had grown sick and passed away; Sophie’s mother had three children and nowhere else to turn. Sophie grew up in Pennsylvania, going to school and helping her aunt with chores in exchange for pocket money once a month to see the pictures. At age twenty she decided to leave her job as a store clerk, and so became a Naval nurse in September of 1936. Once Sophie had become fully qualified, she was given a placement in a naval hospital in Chelsea, MA, and in 1938 was transferred to the Annapolis Hospital. After two years, she was given the option of either going to Dietic School in order to further her degree, or to go to the Philippines with the Naval services. Without a moment’s hesitation, Sophie chose the Philippines. The thought of such a journey intrigued her, and within a month was aboard a transport ship by the name of the Chaumont. After boarding at Norfolk, the ship traveled through the Panama Canal, stopping over sophie, nurses, hospital, been, after, war, very, patients, operating, one, once, japanese, two, room, philippines, out, month, work, transferred, started, naval, much, go, given, general, found, didn’t, being, back, attack, while, through, three, taken, tables, station