Interview of Johanna Baskin Balla Butt on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII and the Korean War
Johanna Butt talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two and the Korean War. Butt says that she graduated from nursing school in 1943 and joined the Army that same year. She talks about treating wounded from Patton's Third Army in Europe, living in miserable conditions, being cold and not having enough to eat, V-E Day and finally being "separated" from the Army in February in 1946. She says that she was called up from the Army Reserves in 1951 for the Korean War and talks about being stationed in Japan with the 382nd General Hospital, the flood of casualties that came in from the fighting in Korea, returning to the States in 1954, teaching nursing, working as an Army recruiter in the Pacific Northwest and being turned down for service in the Vietnam war. Butt says she retired from the Army in 1970 and moved to Tucson, AZ to care for her mother and husband. Butt 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
- 2004-01-14
- Interviewees
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Butt, Johanna Baskin Balla
- Interviewers
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Stewart, Ruth F.
Habgood, Carol A., 1940-
- Contributors
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University of Texas at San Antonio. Libraries
- Subjects
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Butt, Johanna Baskin Balla
United States. Army Nurse Corps
United States. Army
Korean War (1950-1953)
V-E Day (1945)
World War (1939-1945)
Armed Forces--Military life
Families
Medical care
Military participation--Female
Nurses
Nursing--Study and teaching
Recruiting and enlistment
Veterans
Women veterans
Europe
Japan
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:29:05
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 35375
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11878693
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