Interview of retired Colonel Edythe Jean Hathaway on her long career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps

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Description:

Retired Army Colonel Edythe Jean Hathaway talks about her long career in the Army Nurse Corps, including service in World War II, occupied Japan and in the Korean War. Hathaway says that she grew up in Joplin, Missouri, graduated from nursing school in 1944, enlisted in Army in February 1945 and later volunteered for overseas duty. She says that she was shipped to the Philippines in August 1945, just as the war was ending and was soon sent to Japan to help set up a hospital where American and Allied POWS were treated and prepared for shipment back home and later worked at a hospital in Kyoto where she treated victims of the Hiroshima atomic bombing. Hathaway was shipped back to the States in 1946 and after marrying and divorcing, says that she volunteered for duty in Korea in 1950 and worked at a hospital in Pusan and at the 64th Field Hospital which was located on a prison island. Hathaway describes her many duty stations after Korea, in both the U.S. and abroad. She also discusses her retirement activities. Hathaway is interviewed by Ruth Stewart and Patricia Martin.

Date Issued:

2007-02-28T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Place:

Japan, Korea (South), and Pusan

Subject Topic:

Career in military nursing, Military life, Nurses, Korean War, 1950-1953, Veterans, Women veterans, Korean War, 1950-1953, Korean War, 1950-1953, Participation, Female, Military nursing, and Military nursing

Subject Name:

Hathaway, Edythe Jean, 1923-2012, Hathaway, Edythe Jean, 1923-2012, United States, Army Nurse Corps, United States, Army, United States, Army, and Field Hospital, 64th

Subject Genre:

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

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m52h7c