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300th General Hospital (United States. Army)
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Abbott, Hildegarde, 1896-1985
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Accounting
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Accountius, Patricia Lee, 1930-2006
1
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15
Aeronautics
1
African American women--Employment
1
Air bases, American
1
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1
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1
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1
Allied Occupation of Japan (Japan : 1945-1952)
2
Alps
1
American Federation of Musicians. Local 6 (San Francisco, Calif.)
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American National Red Cross
29
Anderson, Linden N. (Linden Norine), 1908-2008
1
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4
Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters
20
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3
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1
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23
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1
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1
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116
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5
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1
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1
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1
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7
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2
Armistice Day
5
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1
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2
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1
Atteberry, Anna Spillman, 1920-2011
1
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2
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1
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5
Baas, Viola, 1918-2010
1
Bachmeyer, Janet A.
1
Baker, Martha Marshall, 1927-
1
Barbier, Evelyn, 1908-1987
1
Barker, Ruth Fournier, 1917-2006
1
Barracks
1
Basic training (Military education)
3
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4
Battle of Anzio (Anzio, Italy : 1944)
1
Battle of the Ardennes (1944-1945)
6
Bauer, Anne Noreen, 1915-2003
1
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1
Belgium
1
Berri, Patricia Young
2
Blandford, Mildred
1
Bliss, Margaret Kaminski
1
Blockade of Berlin (Berlin, Germany : 1948-1949)
2
Boecker, Josephine
2
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1
Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi (Japan : 1945)
3
Bombardment of Tokyo (Tokyo, Japan : 1942)
1
Bombing, Aerial
1
Booker, Elizabeth, 1920-2004
1
Bowman, Betty (Nurse)
1
Brown, Elizabeth King
1
Brown, Virginia Louise, 1921-2011
1
Burma
1
Burma--Myitkyinā
1
Burnham, Mary C., 1907-1989
1
Burns and scalds--Treatment
1
Busch, Ruby
1
Butt, Johanna Baskin Balla
1
Cafeterias
1
California--Fort Ord
1
Campbell, Jean T.
1
Canal Zone
1
Canfield, Margaret Easterly, 1930-
1
Canteens (Establishments)
1
Captivity
1
Carey, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Margaret), 1928-2013
2
Carlton, Elaine
1
Childhood and youth of a person
1
China
1
Chinese Civil War (China : 1945-1949)
1
Christenson, Hazel, 1911-2008
1
Christmas
1
Civilian war relief
4
Civilians in war
1
Clark, Mary Duncan, 1919-2002
1
Climatology
4
Cobb, Doris McGraw, 1922-
1
Coggin, Laura Jacquelin, 1931-2013
1
College teaching
1
Colorado
1
Cooking for military personnel
1
Corbin, Anna Catherine, 1912-1970
1
Couzynse, Bernice R., 1919-1997
1
Crane, Eileen Jackson, 1917-1989
1
Crane, Lucile Pauline Matignon, 1892-1988
1
Crosbie, Rosalie, 1916-2006
1
Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
1
Cully, Irene, 1913-1997
1
Davis, Estelle M.
1
Defense information, Classified
2
Delivery (Obstetrics)
1
Denny, Helene Finston
1
Destruction and pillage
7
Developing countries
1
Dietitians
2
Discrimination in the military
6
Dogs
1
E.W. Sparrow Hospital (Lansing, Mich.)
1
Earley, Charity Adams, 1918-2002
1
Early, Dorothy
1
Economic history
2
Edlin, Penny, 1922-2007
1
Ellinwood, Clare Rounsevell, 1896-1989
1
Employees
2
Emrich, Virginia, 1913-2008
2
England
14
England--Barford (Warwickshire)
1
England--Oxford
1
England--Petworth
1
Eskimos--Education
1
Europe
18
Evacuation of civilians
1
Ex-Nazis
1
Families
6
Fitzsimons Army Medical Center
1
Flitsch, Erma, 1927-2008
1
Florida--Eglin Air Force Base
1
Food service
1
Food supply
2
Ford, Mary J., 1912-2013
1
Forster, Helene Gram, 1913-
1
Fort Custer Veterans Hospital
1
France
24
France--Château-Thierry
1
France--Marseille
1
France--Normandy
8
France--Paris
6
France--Riviera
1
France--Vannes
1
France--Verdun
1
Fravenholtz, Barbara
1
Friendship
1
Fritz, Mildred C. (Mildred Caroline), 1924-2010
1
Gansel, Winifred, 1907-2003
1
Gates, Mary Templeton, 1914-2005
1
Gay, Gertrude Neff
1
Geis, Rita, 1916-2002
1
Georgia--Fort Gordon
1
Germans
1
Germany
12
Germany (West)
1
Germany--Bad Wildungen
1
Germany--Bavaria
1
Germany--Berlin
3
Germany--Bremerhaven
1
Germany--Heidelberg
1
Germany--Koblenz
1
Germany--Landstuhl
1
Germany--Nuremberg
1
Germany--Wiesbaden
1
Goff, Etta, 1902-1991
1
Goodrich, Margaret (Librarian)
1
Gordhammer, Lee
1
Great Britain
2
Greece
1
Gruetzman, Mary
1
Guam
2
Guerrilla warfare
1
Hall, Mary Tener Davidson
1
Hamilton, Hazel M.
1
Harassment in the military
1
Harrison, Dorothy M. (Dorothy McDonald), 1914-2004
1
Hathaway, Edythe Jean, 1923-2012
1
Haughton, Dorothy
1
Hawaii
1
Hawaii--Schofield Barracks
1
Health
6
History
2
Hitchcock, Lena
1
Hobby, Oveta Culp, 1905-1995
1
Hornbacher, Elsie, 1918-
1
Hornickel, Margaret J.
1
Hospital care
2
Hospital patients--Care
1
Hospital patients--Recreation
1
Hospitals
25
Hospitals--Employees
1
Hospitals--Rehabilitation services
1
Housing
1
Huckins, Frances, 1896-1981
1
Humanitarian assistance, American
1
Illegitimate children
1
Illegitimate children--Public opinion
1
Immerman, Virginia, 1919-2013
1
India
5
India--Assam
1
India--Kolkata
2
Indiana--Fort Benjamin Harrison
1
Inflation (Finance)
1
Influenza Epidemic (1918-1919)
3
Intercountry adoption
1
Internment camps
1
Iowa--Clinton
1
Iowa--Des Moines
1
Iran
2
Iraq
1
Ireland
1
Italy
6
Italy--Naples
4
Italy--Vesuvius
1
Japan
22
Japan--Hiroshima-shi
4
Japan--Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands)
1
Japan--Okinawa Island
4
Japan--Okinawa-ken
1
Japan--Tokyo
1
Jayne, Harriet, 1917-1999
1
Johns, Lois A.
1
Johnson, Clara Christine
1
Johnson, Ellen Marie, 1893-1987
1
Johnson, Lois Kuen
1
Kennard, Helen V., 1913-2000
1
Kennedy, Marion Kern, 1919-2010
1
Kenny, Florence Failing, 1891-1983
1
Kerr, Katie, 1916-2003
1
Kivela, Lillian, 1920-2013
1
Korea (South)
7
Korea (South)--Pusan
1
Korean War (1950-1953)
19
Landau, Sara, 1890-1986
1
Larsen, Marcia Baer, 1942-
1
Laughlin, Mary Patricia, 1925-2008
1
Lay, Eileen
1
Leach, Sarah
1
Learning and scholarship
10
Lechtweis, Peggy
1
Leiby, Betty, 1921-2008
1
Libel and slander
1
Libraries
1
Library science
1
Lynn, Gertrude A.
1
Lyon, Margaret M.
1
Malloy, Lillian, 1914-1997
1
Man-woman relationships
1
Manners and customs
1
Marriage
9
Marriman, Marion E.
1
Marshall, Jeannette, 1915-2007
1
McCain, John, 1936-2018
1
McChesney, Florence Bernstein
1
McCormick, Ione
1
McDonald, Dorothy
1
McKillip, Merriann E. McBride
1
McNeil, Esther Jane, 1919-
1
Measles
1
Medals
1
Medical care
41
Mehlick, Cecelia G. (Cecelia Gwendolyn), 1903-1984
1
Melis, Jessie, 1915-2012
1
Michigan--East Lansing
1
Michigan--Fort Custer
1
Michigan--Lansing
1
Microbiology
1
Microbiology--Study and teaching
1
Middle East--Palestine
2
Military bases
1
Military campaigns
7
Military dependents--Education
1
Military education
16
Military hospitals, American
1
Military hospitals--Cardiovascular services
1
Military nursing
50
Military participation--Female
137
Military pensions
1
Military post libraries
1
Military post schools, American
5
Military service, Voluntary
1
Military supplies
1
Military training camps
1
Military uniforms
1
Miller, Edna Emily
1
Minnesota
1
Mobile hospitals
1
Moline, Anna Lisa
1
Monaco
1
Mosher, Marian Sievert, 1915-2006
1
Myers, Agnes Elaine Osborn
1
Myers, Mary, 1917-2010
1
Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam
1
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America
1
Navajo Indians--Education
1
Near East Foundation
1
Nebraska--Omaha
1
New Guinea
5
New Jersey--Atlantic City
1
New Jersey--Jersey City
1
New York (State)--Camp Albert L. Mills
1
New York (State)--Long Island
1
Nordly, Alice
1
North Africa
3
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
1
Northern Mariana Islands--Saipan
1
Northern Territory--Darwin
1
Noutary, Marguerite, 1917-2011
1
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals (Nuremberg, Germany : 1945-1946)
1
Nuremberg War Crime Trials (Nuremberg, Germany : 1946-1949)
1
Nurse and patient
1
Nurses
61
Nurses--Training of
1
Nursing
23
Nursing--Study and teaching
4
Nursing--Study and teaching (Higher)
1
O'Hearn, Victoria, 1891-1988
1
O'Neal, Kathleen Ann Rheinlander
1
Oaks, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth), 1921-2015
1
Occupational therapists
2
Occupational therapy--Vocational guidance
1
Olsmith, Lola
1
Onyett, Helen P. (Helen Pon), 1918-2005
1
Operation Desert Shield (1990-1991)
1
Operation Overlord
1
Oral history
4
Pacific Area
7
Pacific Ocean
1
Pacific Ocean--Milne Bay
1
Pakistan
1
Pakistan--Karachi
1
Panama
1
Papenhausen, Matilda, 1894-1985
1
Pasbach, Patricia W., 1923-
1
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1
Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh
1
Percival, Hazel
1
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948
1
Persian Gulf War (1991)
3
Petrie, Irene, 1918-2001
1
Pfeiffer, Alice, 1917-2006
1
Philippines
7
Philippines--Leyte
1
Philippines--Manila
5
Phillips, Elizabeth Margaret, 1884-
1
Phillips, Margaret Patricia
1
Physical therapists
4
Physical therapy
1
Piatt, Jane, 1909-1997
1
Political and social views
2
Post-traumatic stress disorder
1
Powell, Devere
1
Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958
1
Pratt-LeMahieu, Barbara, 1930-2007
1
Price, Mary Eleanor, 1912-2003
1
Prisoners of war
5
Prisoners of war--Medical care
3
Project Hope
1
Promotions
1
Psychology
1
Pullig, Mary Ruth, 1919-2007
1
Queensland--Brisbane
1
Ramsey, Lilah Cameron, 1915-1991
1
Rape in the military
1
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2
Recruiting and enlistment
7
Relations with soldiers
1
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1
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1
Reynolds, Helen McPherson, 1917-2008
1
Rice, Edna Penny
1
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
1
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
1
Rowntree, Ruth
1
Sacher, Tuck
1
Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)
1
Schiffman, Jean, 1924-2014
1
Schroeder, Dorothy
1
Schwarz, Helen B. (Helen Brennan)
1
Scotland
1
Scott, Edna, 1898-1990
1
Secretaries
1
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1
Sex discrimination against women
1
Sex discrimination in employment
1
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1
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1
Sharp, Alta May Andrews
1
Silvestre, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann), 1936-2006
1
Slone-Baker, Therese, 1917-2013
2
Smith, Elsie, 1925-2016
1
Smith, Laura, 1893-
1
Smolinski, Theodora C.
1
Social adjustment
1
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4
Soldiers' libraries
1
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9
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3
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6
Soviet Union
1
Spackman, Neola Ann, 1918-1992
1
Steffer, Sophie, 1910-1997
1
Steinhilber, Marion Anna, 1922-2011
1
Stenson, Margaret Pauline Robinson, 1907-2009
1
Stornant, Rose, 1915-2002
1
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1
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7
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Tet Offensive (1968)
4
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Thompson, Betty, 1919-2004
2
Thompson, Erna, 1914-
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18
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Ullom, Madeline M., 1911-2001
1
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1
United States
25
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1
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14
United States. Army
108
United States. Army Air Forces
2
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Transport Command
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United States. Army Library Service
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74
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United States. Army Reserve. General Hospital, 94th
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6
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1
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1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 114th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 124th
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 191st
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 194th
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United States. Army. General Hospital, 20th
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United States. Army. General Hospital, 232nd
1
United States. Army. General Hospital, 30th
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United States. Army. General hospital, 313th
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1
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1
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1
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1
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3
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8
United States. Department of State
3
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2
University of Michigan
1
V-E Day (1945)
7
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2
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1
Van Wert, Grace, 1909-2006
1
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1
Veterans
99
Veterans--Medical care
1
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1
Vietnam
10
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
22
Vietnam--Biên Hòa
1
Voelker, Genevieve Manning
1
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1
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1
Walker, Winifred Anne Jacobs, 1921-2007
1
Walter Reed Army Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
1
War
1
War work
1
War work--Red Cross
16
War--Moral and ethical aspects
1
Waters, Laura Lutes, 1891-1983
1
Weeks, Nelda, 1921-1996
1
Welch, Gladys, 1908-1986
1
Weller, Marian E. (Marian Elizabeth), 1946-
1
Wellinger, Kay
1
Wellman, Crescentia
1
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1
William Beaumont Army Medical Center (El Paso, Tex.)
1
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1
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1
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5
Women in combat
1
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105
Women veterans--Services for
1
Women's Overseas Service League
8
Women's Overseas Service League. Louisville Unit
3
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22
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103
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1
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Interview of Sophie Steffer on her twenty year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, focusing primarily on her service in WWII
Steffer, Sophie, 1910-1997
Sound (1986)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Ruth Weisberg on her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps during WWII
Barker, Ruth Fournier, 1917-2006
Sound (198x)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Margaret M. Lyon on her service as a civilian teacher for the U.S. Army in France, Italy, and Japan
Lyon, Margaret M.
Sound (1984)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of American Red Cross worker Ruth Wysor on her adventures while serving in the Philippines during World War II and in American occupied Japan after the war
Wysor, Ruth
Sound (1985)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Linden N. Anderson on her long career in the American Red Cross including service in WWII and the Korean and Vietnam wars
Anderson, Linden N. (Linden Norine), 1908-2008
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Katherine Wilson on her service in the American Red Cross in Europe during WWII
Wilson, Katherine, 1908-2012
Sound (1985)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Elsie Hornbacher talks about her overseas service as a teacher in Japan, Italy and Austria after WWII
Hornbacher, Elsie, 1918-
Sound (1983)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Patricia Young Berri on returning to the United States in March 1945 near the end of her service in the American Red Cross during WWII
Berri, Patricia Young
Sound (1986)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Lee Gordhammer talks about her service in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during WWII
Gordhammer, Lee
Sound (198x)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Rose Stornant on her service as a legal secretary in the Women's Army Corps during WWII
Stornant, Rose, 1915-2002
Sound (1984)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Virginia Louise Brown on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII
Brown, Virginia Louise, 1921-2011
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of retired Colonel Crescentia Wellman on her career as a U.S. Air Force flight nurse
Wellman, Crescentia
Sound (2004)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Dorothy M. Harrison talks about the life of Constance Sheltman White including her service in the U.S. Army Medical Department as an occupational therapist during WWI
Harrison, Dorothy M. (Dorothy McDonald), 1914-2004
Sound (1983)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of retired Lieutenant Colonel Margaret E. Oaks on her twenty-one year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps
Oaks, Margaret E. (Margaret Elizabeth), 1921-2015
Sound (198x)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Hildegarde Abbott on her service in the U.S. Signal Corps during WWI
Abbott, Hildegarde, 1896-1985
Sound (1983)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of retired Colonel Patricia Silvestre on her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and service during the Vietnam War
Silvestre, Patricia A. (Patricia Ann), 1936-2006
Sound (2003)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
In a written memoir read by Marjorie Brown, Ruby Busch recalls her service in the American Red Cross during WWII
Busch, Ruby
Sound (1986)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Interview of Elizabeth King Brown on her service in U.S. Army and Navy hospitals as a Red Cross personnel during and after WWII
Brown, Elizabeth King
Sound (1986)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Marjorie Varner talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Korean War and the Vietnam War
Varner, Marjorie
Sound (1983)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Dorothy M. Harrison reads from the memoir of the late Anna Catherine Corbin, who served in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War II
Corbin, Anna Catherine, 1912-1970
Sound (1983)
Part of
Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
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