[Interview of Lieutenant Colonel Bernice R. Couzynse (Ret.) on her service as a U.S. Army nurse during WWII and other conflicts].

Lieutenant Colonel Bernice R. Couzynse (Ret.) talks about her long military career and serving on four continents as a United States Army nurse. Couzynse says she completed nursing school in the fall of 1942 and by March 1943 had enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps. She tells of deploying to North Afri...

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Corporate Authors:	Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project, Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors:	Couzynse, Bernice R., 1919-1997 (Interviewee), Triick, Doris J. (Doris Jean) (Interviewer)
Language:	English
Subjects:	Couzynse, Bernice R., > 1919-1997 > Interviews. Couzynse, Bernice R., > 1919-1997. United States. > Army Nurse Corps > Interviews. United States. > Army > Military life. William Beaumont Army Medical Center (El Paso, Tex.) United States. > Army. United States. > Army Nurse Corps. 1939-1953 Military nursing. Nurses > Interviews. World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Interviews. Korean War, 1950-1953 > Veterans > Interviews. Women veterans > Interviews. World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female. Korean War, 1950-1953 > Participation, Female. World War, 1939-1945 > Hospitals > Africa, North. World War, 1939-1945 > Hospitals > Italy > Naples. Military nursing > Italy. World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > Italy. Armed Forces > Military life. Hospitals. Medical care. Military participation > Female. Nurses. Veterans. Women veterans. Berlin (Germany) > History > Blockade, 1948-1949. North Africa. Germany > Berlin. Italy. Italy > Naples. Oral histories. History. Interviews. Personal narratives > American.
Genre:	Interviews. Personal narratives, American. Oral histories. History. Personal narratives American.
Online Access:	Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:	1 online resource (1 audio file (37 min., 4 sec.))
Format:	Electronic Audio Software

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