United States. Army Nurse Corps
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Mattie Donnell Hicks Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0044
Abstract
African American nurse Mattie Donnell Hicks of Greensboro, N.C., served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1945 to 1966.Artifacts, an oral history interview, and textiles document her service in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II and the Korean War. Artifacts include service ribbons, cuff buttons, and shoulder insignia. The oral history interview documents Hicks's early life, her military service, and her post-war life in Greensboro, N.C. Specific subjects include basic training...
Dates:
1942-1999
Lola H. Ryan Letters
Collection
Identifier: WV 0362
Scope and Contents
The collection contains approximately 120 letters and v-mail written by Lola Ryan to her parents and brother. Ryan discusses her experiences of being a nurse in basic training, the conditions in wartime France, German prisoners of war, her experiences as a wartime nurse, and her longing to return home and be discharged from the army.
Dates:
1943-1945