Interview of Erma Flitsch on her service as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and the Cold War
Erma Flitsch talks about her service as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and the Cold War. Flitsch says that she grew up in Milwaukee, joined the Air Force after graduating from nursing school and first served at Bergstrom AFB at Austin, Texas and later at Clark AFB in the Philippines and in Tachikawa in Japan. In Korea, Flitsch says that she worked at MASH units to prepare wounded soldiers for air evacuation and talks about the food, her duties, patient care, flying with casualties, the weather in-country and what she did in her off-duty time. Flitsch also says that she later served in Pakistan, Germany and at other U.S. bases before retiring from the military in 1977. Flitsch is interviewed by Ruth Stewart.
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- In Collections
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Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2004-02-16
- Interviewees
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Flitsch, Erma, 1927-2008
- 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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Flitsch, Erma, 1927-2008
United States. Air Force
Korean War (1950-1953)
Armed Forces--Military life
Medical care
Military nursing
Military participation--Female
Nurses
Veterans
Women veterans
- Material Type
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Sound recordings
Interviews
- Language
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English
- Extent
- 00:21:02
- Holding Institution
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Vincent Voice Library
- Call Number
- Voice 35383
- Catalog Record
- http://catalog.lib.msu.edu/record=b11881233
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