Interview of Martha Marshall Baker on her twenty-year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps
Martha Baker talks about her twenty-year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps and says that she began as a general duty nurse but spent most of her time as a surgical nurse before moving to central supply and supervision. She recalls her overseas and U.S. assignments, including serving in Okinawa and Vietnam and says that the housing overseas was better than in the States and that she was "disappointed" by the unattractive uniforms she had to wear. Baker also says she had to make few adjustments to military life and found it to be incredibly exciting. She describes her post-retirement jobs, including teaching ROTC for the past eleven years. Baker is interviewed by Marjorie Brown.
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- In Collections
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Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date Published
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1986-03-22
- Interviewees
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Baker, Martha Marshall, 1927-
- Interviewers
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Brown, Marjorie
- Subjects
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Baker, Martha Marshall, 1927-
United States. Army Nurse Corps
United States. Army
United States. Army. Reserve Officers' Training Corps
World War (1939-1945)
Adjustment (Psychology)
Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters
Armed Forces--Military life
Armed Forces--Uniforms
Military participation--Female
Veterans
Women veterans
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:07:31
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 33945
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11794357
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