Interview of Johanna Baskin Balla Butt on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII and the Korean War

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Description:

Johanna Butt talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two and the Korean War. Butt says that she graduated from nursing school in 1943 and joined the Army that same year. She talks about treating wounded from Patton's Third Army in Europe, living in miserable conditions, being cold and not having enough to eat, V-E Day and finally being "separated" from the Army in February in 1946. She says that she was called up from the Army Reserves in 1951 for the Korean War and talks about being stationed in Japan with the 382nd General Hospital, the flood of casualties that came in from the fighting in Korea, returning to the States in 1954, teaching nursing, working as an Army recruiter in the Pacific Northwest and being turned down for service in the Vietnam war. Butt says she retired from the Army in 1970 and moved to Tucson, AZ to care for her mother and husband. Butt is interviewed by Ruth F. Stewart.

Date Issued:

2004-01-14T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Europe and Japan

Subject Topic:

Family, Military life, Recruiting, enlistment, etc, Nurses, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, Korean War, 1950-1953, Veterans, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, Korean War, 1950-1953, Participation, Female, World War, 1939-1945, Medical care, V-E Day, 1945, Korean War, 1950-1953, Medical care, Nursing, and Study and teaching

Subject Name:

Butt, Johanna Baskin Balla, Butt, Johanna Baskin Balla, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, Army, United States, and Army

Subject Genre:

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

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m57m6k