Primarily documents Edna Andrews Weston's early life, her experiences in the Navy Nurse Corps (NNC) during World War II, and her post-war nursing career. Weston talks about becoming a nurse to get away from outdoor farm work; book work and clinical work during nurses' training; friends who joined the Army Nurse Corps; and her desire to do something different. " Topics related to the Navy Nurse Corps (NNC) include interviewing with the navy in Asheville; Weston's parents' reactions when she joined the NNC; learning procedures and how to treat certain injuries during navy training; living in barracks; sending her civilian clothes home; NNC hospital command structure; social life in the NNC, including movies and sightseeing; living arrangements in San Diego; patients with severe wounds; her opinion of Eleanor Roosevelt; famous visitors to navy bases, including Helen Keller and Art Linkletter; and white glove inspections. Weston also comments on her wish later in life that she had made a career of the NNC and discusses her opinion of women in combat positions.