Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Audio Recording Wendy Marie Taines Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Branch of Service: Army
- Service Unit/Ship: 15th Evacuation Hospital
- Location of Service: Fort Dix, New Jersey; San Antonio, Texas; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Saudi Arabia
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/24791
In 1989, Wendy Wamsley was a troubled 17-year-old high school student with bad grades and an attitude to match. When her policeman father informed her she was joining the Army-or she was moving out of the house-she agreed to enlist. What she couldn't have anticipated was a tour of duty as a medic during the Persian Gulf War, an experience which definitely provided her with an attitude adjustment.
Wendy Marie Taines Collection
Interview / Recording
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PlayHow she came to enlist; adjusting to military life; using her anger constructively. 00:00:45.2 - 00:05:56.1
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PlayTraining in the evacuation hospital; preparing to go to war; colleagues in denial about going abroad. 00:13:01.0 - 00:20:42.0
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PlayLiving conditions on arrival 00:27:05.0 - 00:28:41.0
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PlayTraining for the realities of war, including security issues; first casualties; treating Kuwaitis and Saudis, and Iraqi POWs. 00:31:47.0 - 00:39:24.8
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PlayFriendships were rare; living for the moment; not having proper equipment and medicine for casualties. 00:43:33.0 - 00:48:07.0
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PlayHer love of the American GI patients. 00:49:45.5 - 00:50:33.0
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PlaySorting out real wounds from self-inflicted ones. 00:52:26.0 - 00:53:49.0
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PlayCombat medic's duties in addition to medical; making do with limited sanitary facilities. 00:56:08.0 - 01:01:41.0
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PlayComing home to a surprise. 01:05:59.0 - 01:07:49.0
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PlayReactions to her experience in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder. 01:08:27.0 - 01:11:56.0
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About this Item
Title
- Wendy Marie Taines Collection
Names
- Taines, Wendy Marie
- Donahue, Mary Ann
- VA Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
Home State
- Arizona
Headings
- - Taines, Wendy Marie
- - Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Female
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Persian Gulf War, 1991
- Branch of Service: Army
- Service Unit/Ship: 15th Evacuation Hospital
- Location of Service: Fort Dix, New Jersey; San Antonio, Texas; Fort Polk, Louisiana; Saudi Arabia
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Dates of Service: 1990-1991
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
- Service History Note: The veteran indicates that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Materials
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2008-01-07)
- Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2008-01-07; 2008-01-14)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005)
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2007-10-31; 2007-10-31)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/24791
Online Format
- audio
- image
- online text