Interview of retired Colonel Crescentia Wellman on her career as a U.S. Air Force flight nurse
Retired Air Force Colonel Crescentia "Cris" Wellman relfects on her childhood, education and her long career as a U.S. Air Force flight nurse. After growing up in rural Iowa and earning her nursing degree at St. Francis Nursing School in Peoria, IL, Wellman says that she enlisted as an Air Force nurse in May of 1953 and was first assigned to Eielson AFB in Alaska. She goes on to discuss her work at various duty stations throughout her career, including stints in California, Oklahoma, Washington, Florida, Illinois, Texas, England, Germany and Okinawa. She describes the duties of a flight nurse and treating burn victims on Air-Evac runs. She also talks about working with Vietnam battlefield casualties and G.I. drug addicts while based on Okinawa. She says she finally retired from the Air Force on July 1, 1981. Wellman is interviewed by Ruth F. Stewart.
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- In Collections
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Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2004-04-06
- Interviewees
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Wellman, Crescentia
- Interviewers
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Stewart, Ruth F.
- Contributors
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University of Texas at San Antonio. Libraries
- Subjects
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Wellman, Crescentia
United States. Air Force
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Armed Forces--Military life
Aviation nursing
Burns and scalds--Treatment
Medical care
Military participation--Female
Nurses
Veterans
Women veterans
Japan--Okinawa Island
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:53:01
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 35431
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11890083
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