Interview of Agnes Elaine Osborn Myers on her service in U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWI

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Description:

Agnes Elaine Osborn Myers talks about joining the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in September 1917 and serving in World War One. Myers says that she completed nurse's training at Philadelphia General Hospital, joined the Army immediately after the U.S. entered the war and was sent directly to a hospital without ever having basic training. Myers talks about her uniform, slogging through the mud in France, being cold all of the time, working in both hospitals and tents, being assigned to areas where major offensives were taking place, her duties treating injured and ill troops, and being busy every minute of every day. Myers says that she met her future husband, a captain in the 78th Division, in France and married him when they returned to the States. Myers is interviewed by Ruth Banonis.

Date Issued:

1983-11-02T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

France and France

Subject Topic:

Marriage, Military life, World War, 1914-1918, Veterans, Nurses, Women veterans, World War, 1914-1918, World War, 1914-1918, Participation, Female, World War, 1914-1918, Medical care, and Military nursing

Subject Name:

Myers, Agnes Elaine Osborn, Myers, Agnes Elaine Osborn, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, and Army

Subject Genre:

Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, Interviews, and Personal narratives, American

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5v71g