United States. Army Nurse Corps
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Doris Wofford Armenaki Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0079
Scope and Contents
Doris Wofford Armenaki of Cornelia, Ga., served in the Cadet Nurse Corps and the Army Nurse Corps during World War II.Included are artifacts, an oral history interview, and a photograph documenting Armenaki's service and nursing experiences. Artifacts include dog tags, identification materials, an Army Nurse Corps cloisonne pin, and army patches. Oral history interview documents Armenaki's early education, her military service, her personal life after the war, and her nurses...
Dates:
1944-1999
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
Geraldine Smith Richardson Collection
Collection
Identifier: WV 0373
Scope and Contents
This collection includes a Major Geraldine Smith Richardson's journal spanning from 1942-1946, two military identification cards, an Ancient Order of the Deep membership card, three military medals, and an assortment of military insignia.
Dates:
1942-2000; Other: Majority of material found within 1942 - 1946; Other: Date acquired: 09/17/2006
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
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- Military nursing -- United States 3
- United States. Army--Women 3
- Women veterans 3
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- United States 3
- United States. Army Nurse Corps -- Interviews 2
- Women veterans -- United States -- Interviews 2
- World War, 1939-1945 2
- African American soldiers -- Interviews 1
- African American women -- Interviews 1
- Armenaki, Doris Wofford -- Interviews 1
- France -- Description and travel 1
- Hicks, Mattie Donnell -- Interviews 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Female 1
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Women -- United States 1
- Military nursing 1
- United States -- Armed Forces -- Women -- Interviews 1
- United States. Army -- Nurses -- Interviews 1
- United States. Army Nurse Corps -- Military life 1
- United States. Cadet Nurse Corps -- Interviews 1
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro -- Faculty -- Interviews 1
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Medical care 1 + ∧ less
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