[Interview of retired Colonel Mary Patricia Laughlin on her service as a nurse in U.S. Air Force and Army].

Retired Army Colonel Mary Patricia Laughlin talks about her childhood and education and her service as an U.S. Air Force nurse from 1951 to 1954 and as an Army nurse from 1963 to 1980. Laughlin says she was raised in Omaha and went into nursing because she didn't want to be a "teacher or secretary."...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Vincent Voice Library (digitizer.)
University of Texas at San Antonio. Libraries (current owner.)
Other Authors: Laughlin, Mary Patricia, 1925-2008 (Interviewee)
Stewart, Ruth F. (Interviewer)
Habgood, Carol A., 1940- (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Laughlin, Mary Patricia, > 1925-2008 > Interviews.
United States. > Air Force > Interviews.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps > Interviews.
United States. > Army > Military life.
Laughlin, Mary Patricia, > 1925-2008.
Military nursing.
United States. > Army > Foreign service > Korea (South)
United States. > Army > Foreign service > Japan.
Laughlin, Mary Patricia, > 1925-2008 > Childhood and youth.
United States. > Air Force.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps.
Nurses > Interviews.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Veterans > Interviews.
Women veterans > Interviews.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Personal narratives, American.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Participation, Female.
Armed Forces > Foreign service.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Military participation > Female.
Nurses.
Veterans.
Women veterans.
Japan.
Korea (South)
1950-1953
Oral histories.
Interviews.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives
American.
Online Access:
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (38 min., 3 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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