Interview of Mary C. Burnham on her service in the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps during WWII

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Description:

Mary C. Burnham talks about serving as a dietitian in the U.S. Army Medical Specialist Corps during World War Two and later in occupied Japan and stateside military hospitals, over a twenty-year Army career. Burnham discusses her youth in Milwaukee, her college years, her early work life in Chicago, enlisting in the Army in 1942 soon after Pearl Harbor, training at a base in Texas, shipping out to the Pacific Theater, her initial posting to Espiritu Santo in the New Hebrides Islands, and her life on the base and her duties as a dietitian. She says that she was later transferred to India and after serving in hospitals there, was sent back to the states via the Middle East and North Africa. During the Korean war, Burnham was again sent overseas and served as part of the U.S. Army of Occupation in Japan. She describes her three years of service in Japan, and says that she was very happy to finally be sent back to the states to serve in a series of military hospitals for the rest of her career. Burnham is interviewed by Jane Piatt.

Date Issued:

1983-05-13T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

India and Japan

Subject Topic:

Career in military, Childhood and youth, Dietitians, Military life, Foreign service, Foreign service, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, Dietitians, Women veterans, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945, Women, World War, 1939-1945, and Medical care

Subject Name:

Burnham, Mary C., 1907-1989, Burnham, Mary C., 1907-1989, Burnham, Mary C., 1907-1989, United States, Army Medical Specialist Corps, 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/m5r998