Interview of retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Alice Pfeiffer on her career as an Air Force nurse and administrator
Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Alice Pfeiffer talks about her youth in Illinois, her education and her career as an Air Force nurse and administrator. Pfeiffer says that she enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1941, talks about her first duty stations and says that after additional training at Fort Bragg, was sent to England aboard the Queen Mary. Pfeiffer says that she was assigned to the 68th General Hospital which was set up in a cow pasture, worked 12 hour shifts, and lived in very, very basic conditions. After D-Day, Pfeiffer says that she worked in a hospital in France, was finally sent back to the U.S. after the war and was discharged in 1946. She says that she enlisted in the Air Force in 1949, served at various bases and hospitals around the world and retired in 1964 while stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB. Ends abruptly. Pfeiffer 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
- 2004-02-17
- Interviewees
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Pfeiffer, Alice, 1917-2006
- Interviewers
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Stewart, Ruth F.
- Contributors
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University of Texas at San Antonio. Libraries
- Subjects
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Pfeiffer, Alice, 1917-2006
United States. Air Force
United States. Army. Air Corps
United States. Army
World War (1939-1945)
Armed Forces--Military life
Hospitals
Military participation--Female
Veterans
Women veterans
England
France
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:27:33
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 35411
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11889977
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