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Short Skirts & Snappy Salutes A Woman's Memoir of the WWII Years
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by Caroline Morrison Garrett |
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Caroline Morrison comes of age during the turbulent war years of the 1940s. The attack on Pearl Harbor shatters the illusion that young women should lead sheltered and protected lives, and women realize they must help the war effort. Caroline is no exception. A civil service exam she takes as a class assignment in her senior year of college leads to an internship in hospital dietetics at Walter Reed Army Medical Center followed by a commission as second lieutenant in the Medical Corps.
September 1944 begins a year of intense training and long hours at Walter Reed in Washington, D.C. Tension and excitement grip the city and the crowded hospital. Caroline finds herself involved in the lives of soldiers severely wounded in the Battle of the Bulge, supervises General Pershing’s meals, encounters the fury of General Patton, celebrates General Eisenhower's success, and sees the spirits of patients lifted by visits from Helen Keller and Eleanor Roosevelt.
During Lt. Caroline Morrison’s colorful army career, she helps paralyzed patients, works with German prisoners, and even receives a proposal for marriage from an Eskimo private.
With warmth and humor, Caroline Morrison Garrett describes her adventures and reflects on how events and people shaped her life.
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6" x 9" • 372 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9796251-7-6
Library of Congress Control #: 2007931811
LC Classification: D807.U62 W185 2007
Published by: Robertson Publishing
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About the Author:
Caroline M. Garrett remains true to her New England heritage after forty-two years in California. Old furniture scrounged from Connecticut attics and stories about her Yankee grandfather contributed to the success of classes she taught for fifteen years at Antiques and Collectables in San Jose, California.
She and her husband, Eliot raised a son, Rob, and a daughter, Pam, before Eliot’s death in 1985. At that time, Caroline’s life changed direction. Her mother, Hazel Morrison, left her home in Bethel, Connecticut, to live with her daughter. Years of travel, entertaining, and laughter culminated in the publication of Hazel’s book of poetry, “A Fluttering of Wings,” on her one hundred fourth birthday. Caroline's mother retained her zest for life until her death at the age of one hundred seven.
Caroline is surprised to have accomplished her goal of writing Short Skirts and Snappy Salutes in her eighty-sixth year.
She currently lives in Northern California and is writing a second book. You can contact Caroline by sending an email to CarolineMGarrett@verizon.net |
Celebrating Local Authors
Caroline Morrison Garrett
Juliana Richmond
Maxine McGuiness
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM
Los Gatos Neighborhood Center
208 E. Main Street
From the seeds of a LGS Recreation's Creative Memoir Writing class has sprung a flowering of local authors—three from the World War II generation. Come hear their comments on the creative process, selections from their writings (as well as from those of their tachers), and join in this celebration of local talent. Light refreshments will be served.
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Released October 24, 2007
Main Street
By Mary Ann Cook
WAR YEARS: Caroline Garrett's book, Short Skirts and Snappy Salutes: A Woman's Memoir of the WWII Years, was recently released from Robertson Publishing, and Los Gatan Marti Henley threw a book signing party for the 86-year-old author. The book is particularly relevant now, what with Ken Burns' documentary, The War, playing on PBS.
Garrett's memoir covers the WWII years—which for her meant college at a southern campus. (As a Maine Yankee, she says, "They were still fighting the Civil War.") She trained to become an Army dietitian at Walter Reed Hospital. The memoir is full of famous names such as the generals Pershing and Patton and first lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
Says Henley about the book: "It's engaging and chockfull of good stories--with incredible humor and poignancy. It's important history for all generations." Henley and Garrett met through Lynn Rogers' memoir class, offered through the town's ed/rec department.
Robertson Publishing, based in Los Gatos, is owned by Alicia and Jonathan Robertson. The book is available at Border's or through www.RP-Author.com/Garrett.
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Caroline's items from her time as an Army Dietitian will become a permanent part of the
Caroline Morrison Garrett Papers, which will be housed in the Women Veterans Historical Collection
located in the University Archives at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
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A few photos from the book Short Skirts and Snappy Salutes
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Family Home in Danbury Conneticut
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Mom and Dad
Hazel Andrews Morrison and Garfield Morrison
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Spring Break at Daytona Beach |
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New Army Uniforms |
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1942 With Soldier from Brooklyn
Student Dietitians at Walter Reed 1945 |
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With Peg Ward 1946 |
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Stricken with Hepatitas 1946 |
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Walter Reed Hospital |
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Of course Caroline isn't always writing... sometimes she's off having fun!
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