[Interview of retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen O'Neal on her service as a nurse in the regualr U.S. Army and Army Reserve].
Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Rheinlander O'Neal says that she decided to become an Army nurse while in high school, graduated from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing in 1970 and went straight into basic training as a staff nurse at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. She talks about her va...
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Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 audio file (30 min., 20 sec.)) |
Format: | Electronic Audio Software |
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Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Rheinlander O'Neal says that she decided to become an Army nurse while in high school, graduated from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing in 1970 and went straight into basic training as a staff nurse at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. She talks about her various duty stations and assignments and says that she resigned from active duty in 1975, joined the Army Reserves and worked at the 94th General Hospital unit in San Antonio, Texas. O'Neal describes her activities as a reserve officer and says that in January 1991 she was recalled to active duty for service in Operation Desert Storm, sent to a hospital in Germany and finally returned to the U.S. in April of that year and retired from the service shortly after. She says the military gave her a solid career, an extensive network of friends, and a good education. O'Neal is interviewed by Ruth F. 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: | Voice 35405 DB35405 cassette |
Playing Time: | 00:30:20 |
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Interviewee, Kathleen Rheinlander O'Neal ; interviewer, Ruth F. Stewart. |
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Recorded 2004 February 18 |