"Memory of South Viet-nam" photograph album

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: SPC-2023-029

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains one photograph album titled "Memory of South Viet-nam" with 111 color and black-and-white photographs presumably taken in South Vietnam circa 1970. Images were taken at a bar or restaurant; possibly taken at a United States military base camp; and inside of an Army office. Images depict members of the Army and Army Nurses Corps in their uniforms, playing baseball, at social gatherings, and in an office setting. A majority of the photographs contain no information and are undated except for two that are inscribed with "Linda M. Brackett 1-R", "Linda M. Brackett 2-R", and are dated "April 1970" and "1970".

Dates

1970

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Director of Archives and Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical materials and not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

During the Vietnam War, a majority of women serving in the war were nurses. Many of them had very little experience, and were recruited out of nursing school. Nurses worked twelve hour shifts, six days a week, and cared for the wounded, and those sick with tropical diseases. It is reported that anywhere from 7,000-11, 000 women served as nurses starting as early as 1956 when they were recruited to train Vietnamese women in nursing skills.

For more information about Vietnam Era nurses please consult:

https://news.va.gov/86001/women-veterans-bravely-served-vietnam-war/

https://www.workingnurse.com/articles/in-country-u-s-nurses-during-the-vietnam-war/

https://teeitupforthetroops.org/blog/2023/08/21/the-nurses-who-served-in-the-vietnam-war/

https://exhibitions.lib.udel.edu/nurses-in-wartime/nurses-in-wartime/the-nurses-of-the-vietnam-conflict/

https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/exhibits/nurses/