[Interview of retired U.S. Army Colonel Lola Olsmith on her service in the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm].

In an oral history interview, Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lola Olsmith talks about choosing to become a nurse, attending nursing school in Little Rock, Arkansas, joining the Army in 1967 and volunteering for duty in Vietnam. She says that after her basic training in San Antonio, she was sent directly...

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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: Olsmith, Lola (Interviewee)
Stewart, Ruth F. (Interviewer)
Habgood, Carol A., 1940- (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Olsmith, Lola > Interviews.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps > Interviews.
Olsmith, Lola.
Military nursing.
United States. > Army > Military life.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps.
Nurses > Interviews.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Veterans > Interviews.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Veterans > Interviews.
Women veterans > Interviews.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, American.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Personal narratives, American.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Participation, Female.
Persian Gulf War, 1991 > Participation, Female.
Tet Offensive, 1968.
Military nursing > Vietnam.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Civilian relief.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Medical care.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Civilian war relief.
Medical care.
Military participation > Female.
Nurses.
Veterans.
Women veterans.
Vietnam.
1961-1991
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 (42 min., 7 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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