Interview of Rita Geis on her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during Vietnam War

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Description:

Rita Geis talks about her thirty year career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps beginning just before the U.S. entry into World War Two and continuing through the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Geis recalls deploying with the 106th General Hospital to Japan in 1965 to treat casualties coming in from the battlefields in Vietnam. She says that the hospital was full of injured U.S. soldiers during the brutal Tet Offensive of 1968. Geis also talks about some of her retirement activities including being Commander of Women's Metropolitan Post 206 in Denver, the only women's post in Colorado, as well as being active in the Women's Overseas Service League. Geis is interviewed by Marjorie Brown.

Date Issued:

1983-06-17T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Japan and Japan

Subject Topic:

Military life, Nurses, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Veterans, Women veterans, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Participation, Female, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Hospitals, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Medical care, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Casualties, Military nursing, Veterans, and Societies, etc

Subject Name:

Geis, Rita, 1916-2002, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, Army, and Women's Overseas Service League

Subject Genre:

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

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m50h6c