Interview of Erma Flitsch on her service as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and the Cold War

Description:

Erma Flitsch talks about her service as a nurse in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and the Cold War. Flitsch says that she grew up in Milwaukee, joined the Air Force after graduating from nursing school and first served at Bergstrom AFB at Austin, Texas and later at Clark AFB in the Philippines and in Tachikawa in Japan. In Korea, Flitsch says that she worked at MASH units to prepare wounded soldiers for air evacuation and talks about the food, her duties, patient care, flying with casualties, the weather in-country and what she did in her off-duty time. Flitsch also says that she later served in Pakistan, Germany and at other U.S. bases before retiring from the military in 1977. Flitsch is interviewed by Ruth Stewart.

Date Issued:

2004-02-16T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Michigan State University. Libraries

Collection:

Women's Overseas Service League Oral History Project

Subject Topic:

Childhood and youth, Military life, Nurses, Korean War, 1950-1953, Veterans, Women veterans, Korean War, 1950-1953, Korean War, 1950-1953, Participation, Female, Korean War, 1950-1953, Medical care, and Military nursing

Subject Name:

Flitsch, Erma, 1927-2008, Flitsch, Erma, 1927-2008, United States, Air Force, United States, and Air Force

Subject Genre:

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

Language:

English

Rights:

In Copyright

URL:

https://n2t.net/ark:/85335/m5799m