Gila River and Mama: The Ruth Mix Story
- 2011
- 49m
In the fall of 1942 fifteen year old Ruth Mix began volunteering on weekends as a Caucasian Nurse's Aid at Butte Camp Hospital at Gila River Japanese Internment Camp in Arizona. During the s... Read allIn the fall of 1942 fifteen year old Ruth Mix began volunteering on weekends as a Caucasian Nurse's Aid at Butte Camp Hospital at Gila River Japanese Internment Camp in Arizona. During the summer months she volunteered full time and lived on site in a barrack with her mother. Thi... Read allIn the fall of 1942 fifteen year old Ruth Mix began volunteering on weekends as a Caucasian Nurse's Aid at Butte Camp Hospital at Gila River Japanese Internment Camp in Arizona. During the summer months she volunteered full time and lived on site in a barrack with her mother. This is her story, and the story of the people she met and befriended during her time at the ... Read all