| Title: |
Dorothy Walters Cutts
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/447
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress
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| Collection: |
Veterans History Project
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| Description: |
World War II was both a frustrating and fulfilling experience for Dorothy Walters. She wanted to make a significant contribution to the war effort, so she went to work in a defense plant. But that wasn’t enough, and she joined the new Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, first as a clerk, then as part of the Medical Corps, practicing giving injections on oranges. She then decided she wanted to be a nurse and entered the Cadet Nurse Corps of the Public Health Service, but the war ended before she graduated. After working at a children’s hospital with victims of polio, Walters finally got a chance to serve as a full-fledged military nurse during the Korean War, stationed in Washington, D.C. and Honolulu.
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| URL: |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00447/
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Video: |
[Video available]
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| Speaker: |
Cutts, Dorothy Walters, 1918-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
5-Nov-1918
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Newburgh, NY; New York; United States; North America
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| Speaker race: |
White
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| Speaker occupation: |
Military personnel; Nurse
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| Document date: |
Undated
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| Interviewer: |
Poniatowski, Stephen
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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army. Nurse Corps; U.S. Women's Army Corps
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| Historical events discussed: |
Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Asia; Korea; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Asia; Korea; Korean Conflict, 1950-1953; Korean War, 1950-1953--Participation, Female; Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American; Military nursing; North America; Oral history; U.S. Army. Nurse Corps; U.S. Women's Army Corps; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0031751-34970
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