Interview of Mary Myers on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during and after WWII
Mary Myers talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from 1944 to 1950. Myers talks about her nurse's training, why she decided to enlist in the military, basic training and being sent overseas to Marseilles, France in November 1944 to help form the 236th General Hospital. Myers recalls being strafed by German planes in Paris, enjoying a Coca-Cola on Christmas day, her primitive quarters, bathing out of her helmet in cold weather, caring for Allied soldiers and German POWs, and the variety of wounds and diseases she treated. Myers says that officers and enlisted men and women shared the same mess hall and that she was always treated respectfully by U.S. troops and German POWs. Myers also talks about the end of the war in Europe and being shipped to the Pacific just in time for VJ-Day. After the war, she says that she stayed in the Army Reserves and used the G.I. Bill to earn an undergraduate degree and part of a graduate degree at the University of Pittsburgh. Myers is interviewed by Elizabeth Booker.
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- In Collections
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Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 1986-04-21
- Interviewees
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Myers, Mary, 1917-2010
- Interviewers
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Booker, Elizabeth, 1920-2004
- Subjects
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Myers, Mary, 1917-2010
United States. Army Nurse Corps
United States. Army
World War (1939-1945)
Armed Forces--Military life
Hospitals
Learning and scholarship
Military education
Military nursing
Military participation--Female
Nurses
Veterans
Women veterans
France--Marseille
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:17:35
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 32773
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11755105
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