Erroll Rawson was a Seattle doctor who volunteered his skills on the wartime homefront (including creating an emergency medicine system) and maintained a private practice as World War II began. In this April 28, 1985, interview conducted by Lorraine McConaghy for the Life on the Homefront Oral History Project, Rawson speaks about medical care in wartime Seattle area and racial unease. He also retells his brother’s story of the Philippines during World War II, including imprisonment, and jailbreak with the aid of local insurgents.

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