WV. Women military veterans
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Jessie E. Brown Collection
The collection includes 27 letters from Brown, 1st Lieutenant Army Nurse Corps (ANC), to her Aunt Sarah E. Brown, 24 May 1946-14 December 1947T
Nancy M. Christ Collection
Nancy Margaret Christ of North Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a nurse in the United States Army Nurse Corps from 1961 to 1981. Christ earned a Bronze Star for her service during the Vietnam War and retired as a lieutenant colonel.
This Collection includes 23 March 2008 oral history transcript; Tape of "Til the white dove flies alone" by Crystal Gayle made to commemorate the Vietnam Women's Memorial, Washington D.C. November 11, 1993.
Beatrice L. Crisler Letter
This collection includes a letter dated 27 November 1943. Crisler describes her living conditions at her posting in India.
Jane Fraley Kodack Collection
Jane Fraley Kodack (1947-2013), of Thomasville, North Carolina, served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1981 to 1993. Kodack received the Army Commendation medal for rendering extraordinary medical assistance during a 1989 artillery training accident at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.
The collection includes a 2009 October 1 oral history transcript and several scanned photographs.
Jamie Marshall Collection
7 folders of personal correspondence 1943-1945; oil ration coupons, 1943; Houston Lighting and Power Comp. Employee documents for Henry Marshall; Newspaper article photocopy dated Friday, October 20,1944: an editorial from the Stars and Stripes titled" Don't Get Chummy with Jerry".
Lola H. Ryan Letters
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.