Interview of retired Army Colonel Mildred Caroline Fritz talks about her 29 year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp and serving in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts
Retired Army Colonel Mildred Fritz talks about her 29 year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp and her service in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. Fritz talks about growing up in New Jersey and deciding to become an Army nurse when World War II started and discusses her duty stations in San Antonio, Texas, Osaka, Japan, Denver, Colorado, Landstuhl, Germany, Long Binh, Vietnam, and Heidelberg, Germany. Fritz says that the opportunity to be involved in cutting edge advances in cardiac care was the most rewarding part of her military medical career. She also talks about her life after her retirement in September 1979 and says that she spends most of her time gardening and traveling.
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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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2004-01-13
- Interviewees
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Fritz, Mildred C. (Mildred Caroline), 1924-2010
- 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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Fritz, Mildred C. (Mildred Caroline), 1924-2010
United States. Army Nurse Corps
United States. Army
Korean War (1950-1953)
Vietnam War (1961-1975)
Armed Forces--Military life
Military hospitals--Cardiovascular services
Military participation--Female
Nurses
Veterans
Women veterans
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:25:39
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 35387
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11878655
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