Interview of retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen O'Neal on her service as a nurse in the regualr U.S. Army and Army Reserve

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Description:

Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Kathleen Rheinlander O'Neal says that she decided to become an Army nurse while in high school, graduated from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing in 1970 and went straight into basic training as a staff nurse at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. She talks about her various duty stations and assignments and says that she resigned from active duty in 1975, joined the Army Reserves and worked at the 94th General Hospital unit in San Antonio, Texas. O'Neal describes her activities as a reserve officer and says that in January 1991 she was recalled to active duty for service in Operation Desert Storm, sent to a hospital in Germany and finally returned to the U.S. in April of that year and retired from the service shortly after. She says the military gave her a solid career, an extensive network of friends, and a good education. O'Neal is interviewed by Ruth F. Stewart.

Date Issued:

2004-02-18T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Texas, Fort Sam Houston, and Germany

Subject Topic:

Career in military nursing, Military life, Nurses, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Veterans, Women veterans, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Persian Gulf War, 1991, Participation, Female, Military nursing, Basic training (Military education), Persian Gulf War, 1991, and Hospitals

Subject Name:

O'Neal, Kathleen Ann Rheinlander, O'Neal, Kathleen Ann Rheinlander, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, Army, United States, Army Reserve, and General Hospital, 94th

Subject Genre:

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

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5ct44