Interview of Dorothy Haughton on her twenty year career as a physical therapist in the U.S. Army

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Description:

Dorothy Haughton talks about joining the American Red Cross as a secretary in 1943 and in 1948 beginning a twenty year career as a physical therapist in the U.S. Army. She says she became intrigued with physical therapy while working for the Red Cross in a hospital unit and decided to get training and pursue an Army career. She discusses her duty stations, her travels, housing conditions, the Korean conflict, and her uniforms and says that adjusting to military life was easy for her. Haughton is interviewed by Marjorie Brown.

Date Issued:

1986-03-13T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Japan

Subject Topic:

Travel, Military life, Barracks and quarters, Uniforms, Physical therapists, Korean War, 1950-1953, Veterans, Women veterans, Korean War, 1950-1953, Korean War, 1950-1953, Participation, Female, Adjustment (Psychology), and Korean War, 1950-1953

Subject Name:

Haughton, Dorothy, Haughton, Dorothy, United States, Army, United States, Army, United States, Army, 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/m5s125