Scope and Contents Documents Mattie Donnell Hicks's early life, service in the Army Nurse Corps from 1945 to 1966, and post-war life in Greensboro, N.C. Hicks provides a brief description of her basic training at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin, in an integrated unit as well as complications at the hospital at Camp San Luis Obispo due to being in a segregated black unit. Toward the end of the interview she comments on the sense of family in the military and her adjustment to civilian work after more than twenty years...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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 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 at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin;...