WWII Army Nurse Isabel Demmon Signed Memoir India CBI Theater Rare Book For Sale

THE FACE IS THE SAMEBy First Lieutenant Isabel DemmonA U.S. Army Nurse\'s Personal Account of WWII Service in India
An unusual, privately produced World War II memoir written by an American Army nurse who served in the China-Burma-India theater.
This comb-bound volume preserves the personal wartime experiences of First Lieutenant Isabel Demmon, who served in India for approximately two and a half years during World War II.
The book opens with a dedication to Asta and an introduction identifying the work as an account of Demmon\'s experiences in India as an Army nurse during WWII.
An interior page features a portrait of Demmon in uniform, identified as First Lieutenant Isabel Demmon, Army Nurse Corps, 1945. The dedication page also bears what appears to be her handwritten signature.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Isabel Demmon was a native of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, and graduated from the Burbank Hospital School of Nursing in 1940.
Following her enlistment in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, she was initially stationed at Lovell General Hospital at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, before being transferred to India.
By 1944, she had attained the rank of First Lieutenant.
Demmon served in India for approximately two and a half years, participating in the American military medical effort in the China-Burma-India theater.
Her wartime service is independently documented by the Fitchburg Historical Society, which preserves correspondence associated with her service in Calcutta.
One particularly moving piece of correspondence, dated November 12, 1944, was written by the mother of an American serviceman whom Demmon helped nurse while he was confined to an iron lung in Calcutta. His family expressed their gratitude for the extraordinary care he received.
THE MEMOIR
The Face Is the Same is a personal account of Demmon\'s wartime experiences, rather than a conventional military history written decades later by an outside historian.
Its significance lies in preserving the perspective of an American woman who personally participated in military medical operations in India during the Second World War.
The memoir is independently documented by the Fitchburg Historical Society, which reports that a copy was included in the nursing collection at Boston University Library.
COLLECTOR INTEREST
This volume will appeal to collectors of WWII women\'s military service, U.S. Army Nurse Corps history, the China-Burma-India theater, wartime medical history, military memoirs and privately produced veteran publications.
The apparent author signature, identifiable military portrait and independently documented historical background make this a particularly interesting example of personal WWII literature.
Offered by Echoes of WWII.