Primarily documents Dorothy A. Baker's nurse's training and service with the Army Nurse Corps from 1945 to 1947. Baker describes her childhood, including her German ancestry and being raised by her grandparents in Wisconsin. She discusses her nurse training through Bellin College in Green Bay, and mentions joining the Cadet Nurse Corps for the money. Other pre-service topics include working at the Sturgeon Bay Hospital, her second job as a waitress on base, and being turned down for entry into the navy. " Baker primarily discusses her service with the Army Nurse Corps, including her reason for joining and family reactions. She describes basic training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, especially the weather, gas mask drills, and inadequate clothing. She notes the heat while stationed at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, but primarily focuses on her time aboard the USAHS Wisteria. Topics include nurses' duties on ships; German POWs; working with psychiatric patients; Christmas onboard the ship; and sightseeing in Bremerhaven, Germany, and New York City. " Baker describes her other assignments, including traveling with war brides on trains, helping with children onboard; visiting her siblings on these travels; requesting Pacific Theatre ship duty;" meeting and marrying her husband; their honeymoon trip to Alberta, Canada; and moving to North Carolina for him to continue his surgical career.