[Interview of Gladys Welch on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps].
Gladys Welch says she joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps because two of her brothers were in the military and she felt she also needed to serve and that she actually served two "hitches" in the Army. She was first stationed in Iran from 1943 to 1946, during World War II and later reenlisted for servic...
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (3 min., 50 sec.)) |
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Gladys Welch says she joined the U.S. Army Nurse Corps because two of her brothers were in the military and she felt she also needed to serve and that she actually served two "hitches" in the Army. She was first stationed in Iran from 1943 to 1946, during World War II and later reenlisted for service in Europe from 1946 to 1958. Welch recalls the heat in Iran and visiting the Holy Land while on leave and traveling extensively throughout Europe. She says that she did not initially plan on an Army career, but found adjusting to military life to be easy decided to reenlist and serve to retirement. Welch also says that after her discharge, she returned to private nursing and taught psychiatric nursing at Mercy Hospital. Welch is interviewed by Marjorie Brown. |
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| Note: | Title supplied. Part of the Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project. Digitized by the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library of the Michigan State University Libraries. |
| Call Number: | DB33885 cassette Voice 33885 |
| Playing Time: | 00:03:50 |
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Interviewee, Gladys Welch ; interviewer, Marjorie Brown. |
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Recorded 1986 March 6 |