Interview of Margaret J. Hornickel on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII
Margaret J. Hornickel discusses her service in the United States and England as a member of the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Hornickel says that she reported to Camp Lee in August 1942 and was promoted to Lieutenant and made Chief Nurse, then was later sent to Ft. Jackson where she was also Chief Nurse and was promoted to Captain. Hornickel talks about crossing the Atlantic on the Queen Mary, disembarking in Glasgow and taking the train to Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula where she was billeted with an English family. She says that she was finally sent to a hospital on an estate in southern England and cared for allied casualties from the D-Day invasion. Hornickel is interviewed by Ruth Banonis.
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- In Collections
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Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 1983-09-13
- Interviewees
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Hornickel, Margaret J.
- Interviewers
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Banonis, Ruth, 1914-2008
- Subjects
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Hornickel, Margaret J.
United States. Army Nurse Corps
United States. Army
World War (1939-1945)
Armed Forces--Foreign service
Armed Forces--Military life
Armed Forces--Promotions
Hospital care
Military participation--Female
Nurses
Veterans
Women veterans
England
Great Britain
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:47:38
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 32699
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11821561
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