Interview of Dorothy Haughton on her twenty year career as a physical therapist in the U.S. Army
Dorothy Haughton talks about joining the American Red Cross as a secretary in 1943 and in 1948 beginning a twenty year career as a physical therapist in the U.S. Army. She says she became intrigued with physical therapy while working for the Red Cross in a hospital unit and decided to get training and pursue an Army career. She discusses her duty stations, her travels, housing conditions, the Korean conflict, and her uniforms and says that adjusting to military life was easy for her. Haughton 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
- 1986-03-13
- Interviewees
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Haughton, Dorothy
- Interviewers
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Brown, Marjorie
- Subjects
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Haughton, Dorothy
United States. Army
Korean War (1950-1953)
Adjustment (Psychology)
Armed Forces--Barracks and quarters
Armed Forces--Military life
Armed Forces--Uniforms
Military participation--Female
Physical therapists
Travel
Veterans
Women veterans
Japan
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:05:47
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 32671
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11804774
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