[Interview of Peggy Lechtweis on her five years of service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII].

Peggy Lechtweis talks about her five years of service in the Army Nurse Corp during World War Two. Lechtweis discusses her induction, basic training, and shipping out to Fiji in the Pacific. She also describes life on base and her responsibilities as chief nurse at the hospital and putting in long s...

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Corporate Authors: Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project
Vincent Voice Library (digitizer,, current owner.)
Other Authors: Lechtweis, Peggy (Interviewee)
Collet, Lois (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Lechtweis, Peggy > Interviews.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps > Interviews.
United States. > Army > Military life.
United States. > Army.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps.
United States > Armed Forces > Nurses > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > Interviews.
Women veterans > Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
World War, 1939-1945 > Hospitals > Pacific Area.
V-J Day, 1945.
Prisoners of war > Hospital care.
Armed Forces > Military life.
Armed Forces > Nurses.
Hospitals.
Military participation > Female.
Veterans.
Women veterans.
Pacific Area.
United States.
1939-1945
Oral histories.
Interviews.
Personal narratives > American.
Genre:
Interviews.
Personal narratives, American.
Oral histories.
Personal narratives
American.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 audio file (16 min., 13 sec.))
Format: Electronic Audio Software

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