Documents Elizabeth Williams's family history; studies at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina (now the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, UNCG); service for the Red Cross in the United States and abroad; and post-war work with the Junior Red Cross and as a teacher. Williams discusses her family history in detail, mentioning that her sister attended UNCG and both her grandmother and mother were also well educated. She briefly mentions her own time at the Woman's College, including the dorms, Katherine Taylor, and social or extracurricular activities. " The majority of the interview covers Williams's time serving in the Red Cross from 1943 to 1952. She recalls being rejected from the U.S. WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service); poor treatment and housing conditions at Camp Patrick Henry; and the train rides between locations. Discussion primarily focuses on her time spent abroad. Williams extensively documents club work in Morocco; being stationed in a combat zone in Manduia, Italy; serving in China during the war between Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung; and finishing her time abroad in Japan. Anecdotes include rides on the SS Mariposa; transferring supplies to Italy; seeing friends and relatives in Italy; attending dances; the birth of her nephew at the time of Roosevelt's death and V-E Day; V-J Day in Washington, D.C.; bonding with the GIs; vacation time in Europe; and seeing Chinese women's bound feet. " Other topics include working for the Junior Red Cross in Kentucky and Virginia and her teaching career. Williams also comments on famous figures from the wartime; servicemen with wives and girlfriends; the pain of losing soldiers; and her feelings about women in combat.