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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Cold War
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Unit of Service: 95th Evacuation Hospital (Physical Therapy)
  • Location of Service: Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado; Medical Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Army Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany; Andrew Rader Army Clinic, Arlington, Virginia; Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, California; Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii; Rodriguez Army Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico; Da Nang, Vietnam; Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Augusta, Georgia
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel

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"I’m sure it happens [on] every battlefield, it happens in every war, that we go beyond what we think is our potential." (Video interview, 1:10:16)

In 1970, the Army sent Lieutenant Colonel Aida Nancy Sanchez to Vietnam to establish the first physical therapy clinic in an evacuation hospital. At the 95th Evac, she rehabilitated military and civilian patients, and assisted with triage, emergency nursing, and the identification of remains. The realities of war are ever-present in the 155 photographs in her collection, from portraits of her wearing a helmet and flak jacket, to a snapshot of a soldier who was killed during an attack on his jeep convoy, minutes after she took his picture.

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About this Item

Title

  • Aida Nancy Sanchez Collection

Names

  • Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation, Inc. (WIMSA)
  • Sanchez, Aida Nancy
  • Scott, Kathleen
  • Reborchuk, Margaret

State of Birth

  • PR

Home State

  • GA

Headings

  • -  Sanchez, Aida Nancy
  • -  Cold War -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives

Notes

  • -  Original collection material is also retained at the Oral History Program, Women's Memorial Foundation, Arlington, Virginia.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Female

Race

  • White

Status

  • Veteran

Service History

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Location of Service: Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, Colorado; Medical Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Army Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany; Andrew Rader Army Clinic, Arlington, Virginia; Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, California; Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii; Rodriguez Army Hospital, San Juan, Puerto Rico
    • Dates of Service: 1952-1976
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Unit of Service: 95th Evacuation Hospital (Physical Therapy)
    • Location of Service: Da Nang, Vietnam; Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Fort Gordon, Augusta, Georgia
    • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Diaries and journals [1 item] -- Handwritten document (collected 1971)
  • Manuscript: Creative works [2 items] -- Handwritten document (collected 1970)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 09/03/2004)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [4 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected unknown)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 2006)
  • Photograph: Digital print [168 items] -- Photograph (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Correspondence [16 items] -- Handwritten document (collected unknown)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 06/29/2004)
  • Video: DVD [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 06/29/2004)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/43733

Cite as

  • Aida Nancy Sanchez Collection (AFC/2001/001/43733), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

The Veterans History Project (VHP) at the Library of Congress collects, preserves and makes accessible the firsthand recollections of U.S. military veterans who served from World War I through more recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions, so that future generations may hear directly from veterans and better understand what they saw, did and felt during their service. The Veterans History Project Collection includes oral histories along with documentary materials such as original letters, diaries, photographs, and memoirs.

Veterans and interviewers contribute these materials to the Library for scholarly and educational purposes, retaining any copyright they may hold. Therefore, permission must be obtained before using the interview or other materials in exhibition or publication. Researchers or others who would like to make further use of these materials should contact the Veterans History Project for assistance.

As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights to material in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and cannot give or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item from the Library’s collections and for securing any necessary permissions rests with persons desiring to use the item.

Please contact us with questions.

Obtaining Copies of VHP Materials

In order for VHP materials to be duplicated, we must receive written permission from the interviewee for you to obtain a copy of the recording unless the proposed use is limited to personal use, research, or other uses permissible by copyright law. If the interviewee is deceased, their next-of-kin may grant written permission.

Please contact VHP for assistance if you need to contact a veteran for permission to use their materials in exhibition or publication, or if you have received permission from the veteran and need access to high-resolution copies of VHP collection materials.

Citing VHP Materials

Please use the following formats when citing Veterans History Project materials (substituting the appropriate name and collection ID number).

Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/xxxx), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation, Inc, Aida Nancy Sanchez, Kathleen Scott, and Margaret Reborchuk. Aida Nancy Sanchez Collection. 1952. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.43733/.

APA citation style:

Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation, I., Sanchez, A. N., Scott, K. & Reborchuk, M. (1952) Aida Nancy Sanchez Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.43733/.

MLA citation style:

Women In Military Service For America Memorial Foundation, Inc, et al. Aida Nancy Sanchez Collection. 1952. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.43733/>.