Marguerite Noutary talks about her childhood and her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps

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Description:

Marguerite Noutary, the daughter of immigrant parents, talks about her childhood and her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps, including her service in World War II. Noutary talks about joining the Army in 1940 and being sent to the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations after the start of the war. She describes her duty stations in Calcutta and Myitkyina, Burma, the dust of the Burma Road, the food, the climate, rampant malaria, flying over "The Hump" into China in a transport plane with Japanese prisoners, the start of the Chinese civil war after the Japanese surrender and treating American POWs who were survivors of the Doolittle Raid. Noutary says that she decided to join the Army Reserve after leaving the regular Army and was called-up for active duty in October 1961 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Vivian Peterson introduces and concludes the recording.

Date Issued:

1990-03-03T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Asia, India, Kolkata, Burma, Myitkyinā, United States, Japan, Tokyo, Burma Road (China and Burma), Tokyo (Japan), and China

Subject Topic:

Career in military nursing, Family, Childhood and youth, Military life, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, World War, 1939-1945, Military nursing, Military nursing, Prisoners of war, Medical care, Prisoners of war, Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962, History, and History

Subject Name:

Noutary, Marguerite, 1917-2011, Noutary, Marguerite, 1917-2011, Noutary, Marguerite, 1917-2011, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, and Army

Subject Genre:

Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5vx2r