Title

Thompson Document 20: A Letter from Ruby Johnson to Henrietta Thompson

Authors

Ruby Johnson

Files

Description

A letter from Ruby Johnson, a nurse who participated in the 1942 Walkout from Burma to India, to Henrietta Thompson. Johnson was the first of the Walkout participants Thompson interviewed, and Thompson particularly enjoyed this meeting and was indebted to Johnson not only for offering an account of her own experiences, but also for making Thompson aware of a number of nurses who had participated on the Walkout in Burma and also Hla Sein in the U.S. who initially resisted being interviewed about the Walkout. In this letter, Johnson mentions having recently seen Hla Sein, who was by then their mutual friend.

Publication Date

7-20-1980

Keywords

Burma, Myanmar, Ruby Johnson, Henrietta Thompson, General Stilwell, Gordon Seagrave, Retreat With Stilwell, Burmese nurses

Disciplines

Asian History | History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oral History | United States History | Women's History

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Ruby, "Thompson Document 20: A Letter from Ruby Johnson to Henrietta Thompson" (1980). Henrietta Thompson Papers. 17.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/henrietta_thompson_papers/17