Interview of Helen McPherson Reynolds on her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during WWII

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Description:

Helen McPherson Reynolds talks about her service in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during World War Two. She says that after her induction in October 1942 and receiving training as an anesthesiologist, she joined the 232nd General Hospital unit and shipped overseas in February 1945. Reynolds says that she first landed in Saipan and was later sent to Iwo Jima to help prepare for the expected invasion of Japan. She says that she was one of the first ten nurses on Iwo Jima and describes the tent hospital in which she worked, the heat and the casualties she was treating from the battle on Okinawa. She says actor Tyrone Power piloted the plane which transported the nurses to Iwo Jima. Reynolds says that she was discharged from the Army in January 1946.

Date Issued:

1983-05-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Japan, Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands), Japan, Okinawa Island, Japan, Okinawa Island, and Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)

Subject Topic:

Military life, Nurses, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Participation, Female, World War, 1939-1945, Hospitals, World War, 1939-1945, Campaigns, Battle casualties, and Climate

Subject Name:

Reynolds, Helen McPherson, 1917-2008, Power, Tyrone, 1914-1958, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, Army, United States, Army, and General Hospital, 232nd

Subject Genre:

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

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m53d81