Bertha Nichols McClure Oral History
Content Description
The collection includes a 19 February 2010 oral history transcript.
Dates
- 2010 February 19
Creator
- McClure, Bertha Nichols (Person)
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Collection is open for research.
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Biographical / Historical
Bertha "Nicki" Nichols McClure (b. 1921) of Greensboro, North Carolina served in the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) during World War II and the Korean War. Bertha Nichols McClure was born on 9 September, 1921 and grew up in Cranford, New Jersey and Skowhegan, Maine during the Depression. She attended nursing school at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield, New Jersey."
McClure joined the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) in 1944 after her graduation from nursing school. She was sent to Atlantic City, New Jersey for basic training. Following basic training she was sent to Fort Dix, New Jersey where she worked on the gastrointestinal pneumonia ward, and then she transferred to the Pacific Theatre at Saipan, Guam and Iwo Jima as a nurse on the upper respiratory wards."
McClure was discharged from the ANC in 1946, but rejoined during the Korean War in 1950 and was stationed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. She was discharged from the ANC in 1952 after marrying and becoming pregnant.
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
- License: This record is made available under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Creative Commons license.
Abstract
Bertha "Nicki" Nichols McClure (b. 1921) of Greensboro, North Carolina served in the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) during World War II and the Korean War. During World War II she was stationed at Guam, Iwo Jima, and Saipan during combat operations in the Pacific.
The collection includes a 2010 February 19 oral history transcript.
Condition Description
The condition is good.
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Processing Information
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- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Female
- United States. Army Nurse Corps -- Interviews
- United States. Army Nurse Corps -- Military life
- United States. Army Nurse Corps -- Women
- Women and the military
- Women veterans
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
- Title
- Bertha Nichols McClure Oral History
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Matthew McCarthy
- Date
- 2022 August
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives Repository