[Interview of Erma Flitsch on her service as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and the Cold War].
Erma Flitsch talks about her service as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and the Cold War. Flitsch says that she grew up in Milwaukee, joined the Air Force after graduating from nursing school and first served at Bergstrom AFB at Austin, Texas and later at Clark AFB in the Philipp...
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| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (21 min., 2 sec.)) |
| Format: | Electronic Audio Software |
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Erma Flitsch talks about her service as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and the Cold War. Flitsch says that she grew up in Milwaukee, joined the Air Force after graduating from nursing school and first served at Bergstrom AFB at Austin, Texas and later at Clark AFB in the Philippines and in Tachikawa in Japan. In Korea, Flitsch says that she worked at MASH units to prepare wounded soldiers for air evacuation and talks about the food, her duties, patient care, flying with casualties, the weather in-country and what she did in her off-duty time. Flitsch also says that she later served in Pakistan, Germany and at other U.S. bases before retiring from the military in 1977. Flitsch is interviewed by Ruth Stewart. |
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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: | DB35383 cassette Voice 35383 |
| Playing Time: | 00:21:02 |
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Interviewee, Erma Flitsch ; interviewer, Ruth F. Stewart |
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Recorded 2004 February 16 |