| Title: |
Ruth Deloris Buckley
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| Local code: |
AFC/2001/001/24232
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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: |
Deloris Buckley always seemed to be in the center of the action wherever she went as a nurse working in the European Theater of World War II. On the way from Africa to Italy, her ship was sunk by a German bomber who ignored the giant red crosses painted on the vessel's side and deck. Buckley and her fellow nurses took to the lifeboats and were picked up by a British destroyer. On a beach in Italy, another bomber dropped his payload in an effort to avoid a pursuing plane, and Buckley was severely wounded by shrapnel. After convalescing, she went right back into the fray, finishing out her service in the relative calm of liberated France.
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| Extent: |
3 pages
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| URL: |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.24232/pageturner?ID=pm0001001
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Audio: |
[Audio available]
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| Speaker: |
Buckley, Ruth Deloris, 1918-
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| Speaker gender: |
Female
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| Speaker date of birth: |
8-Feb-1918
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| Speaker place of birth: |
Prescott, WI; Wisconsin; 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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| Organizations discussed: |
U.S. Army. Nurse Corps
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| Historical events discussed: |
World War II, 1939-1945
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| Locations discussed: |
Africa; Europe; France; Germany; Italy; North Africa; North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Africa; Europe; France; Germany; Italy; Military nursing; North Africa; North America; Oral history; U.S. Army. Nurse Corps; United States; United States--Armed Forces; World War II, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Medical care; World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female; World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American; World War, 1939-1945--Veterans
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| ASP release: |
2007-01
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| Document code: |
OHI0034354-37792
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