Interview of Agnes Elaine Osborn Myers on her service in U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWI
Agnes Elaine Osborn Myers talks about joining the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in September 1917 and serving in World War One. Myers says that she completed nurse's training at Philadelphia General Hospital, joined the Army immediately after the U.S. entered the war and was sent directly to a hospital without ever having basic training. Myers talks about her uniform, slogging through the mud in France, being cold all of the time, working in both hospitals and tents, being assigned to areas where major offensives were taking place, her duties treating injured and ill troops, and being busy every minute of every day. Myers says that she met her future husband, a captain in the 78th Division, in France and married him when they returned to the States. Myers 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 Published
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1983-11-02
- Interviewees
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Myers, Agnes Elaine Osborn
- Interviewers
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Banonis, Ruth, 1914-2008
- Subjects
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Myers, Agnes Elaine Osborn
United States. Army Nurse Corps
United States. Army
World War (1914-1918)
Armed Forces--Military life
Marriage
Medical care
Military nursing
Military participation--Female
Nurses
Veterans
Women veterans
France
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:25:27
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 32775
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11755129
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