[Interview of retired Army Colonel Mildred Caroline Fritz talks about her 29 year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp and serving in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts].
Retired Army Colonel Mildred Fritz talks about her 29 year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp and her service in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. Fritz talks about growing up in New Jersey and deciding to become an Army nurse when World War II started and discusses her duty stations in San Antonio,...
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (25 min., 39 sec.)) |
| Format: | Electronic Audio Software |
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Retired Army Colonel Mildred Fritz talks about her 29 year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corp and her service in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. Fritz talks about growing up in New Jersey and deciding to become an Army nurse when World War II started and discusses her duty stations in San Antonio, Texas, Osaka, Japan, Denver, Colorado, Landstuhl, Germany, Long Binh, Vietnam, and Heidelberg, Germany. Fritz says that the opportunity to be involved in cutting edge advances in cardiac care was the most rewarding part of her military medical career. She also talks about her life after her retirement in September 1979 and says that she spends most of her time gardening and traveling. |
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| Note: | Title supplied. Part of the Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project. Originally recorded on an analog cassette held by the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries. Digitized by the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library of the Michigan State University Libraries. |
| Call Number: | Voice 35387 DB35387 cassette |
| Playing Time: | 00:25:39 |
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Interviewee, Mildred Caroline Fritz ; interviewer, Ruth F. Stewart, Carol A. Habgood. |
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Recorded 2004 January 13 |