Dorothy Doyle recalls her service in the United States Army Nurse Corps
Dorothy Doyle recalls her service in the United States Army Nurse Corps. Doyle says that she enlisted in the Army in 1942 after spending ten years in civilian nursing and talks about basic training and her duty stations in the U.S. and later in New Hebrides, New Caledonia, New Zealand and a stint in Saipan after the battle of Iwo Jima. She also talks about the complicated social dynamics in the army, racism, and the trials of nursing in field hospitals. Doyle is interviewed by Kathryn Cavanaugh.
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- In Collections
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G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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2002-07-08
- Interviewees
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Doyle, Dorothy
- Interviewers
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Cavanaugh, Katie
- Subjects
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United States. Army Nurse Corps
Armed Forces--Military life
Armed Forces--Nurses
Veterans
Women veterans
United States
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
- Series
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Few good women
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 02:01:05
- Venue Note
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Recorded 2002 July 8.
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 42415
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b13422119
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