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Lille Magette in nurse's uniform [n.d.]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
  • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: 56th General Hospital
  • Location of Service: Dayton, Ohio; Lincoln, Nebraska; Springfield, Missouri City, Missouri; Normandy, Rhineland, France
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/73731

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"They said if you didn't get sick crossing the Atlantic, you sure get sick when you cross the English Channel. Heck, it never fazed me." (Audio interview, 19:18)

A recent widow, Lille Margaret Steinmetz Magette was in training to be a nurse at the time of the attack in Pearl Harbor. Feeling she had nothing to lose, she enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps; two weeks later, she was en route to basic training in Fort Meade, South Dakota, and then shipped overseas. Arriving in Normandy on July 7th, she was stationed at a tent hospital, where her endurance and grit were tested by endless mud, baths taken in helmets, and the constant arrival of new casualties. Orders to proceed to Liege, Belgium, brought new challenges--buzz-bombs sent by the Germans that landed so close to the hospital that she was forced to take cover under the tables in the mess hall.

Lille Margaret Magette Collection
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About this Item

Title

  • Lille Margaret Magette Collection

Names

  • Machann, Barbara
  • Douglas County Libraries Archives and Local History
  • Gray, Annette
  • Magette, Lille Margaret

State of Residence at Time of Collection Donation

  • Colorado

Headings

  • -  Magette, Lille Margaret
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Nurse Corps.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Female

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: 56th General Hospital
    • Location of Service: Dayton, Ohio; Lincoln, Nebraska; Springfield, Missouri City, Missouri; Normandy, Rhineland, France
    • Highest Rank: Captain
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2005-04-15)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2003-06-26)
  • Manuscript: Creative works [3 items] -- Mixed (handwritten and typewritten documents) (collected unknown)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
  • Photograph: Digital print [9 items] -- Photographs (collected 1943-2005)
  • Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2010-09-22)
  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2005-04-15; 2013-04-19)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/73731

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

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/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

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

Recording:

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

Photograph:

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

Computer file:

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

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), 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:

Machann, Barbara, Douglas County Libraries Archives And Local History, Annette Gray, and Lille Margaret Magette. Lille Margaret Magette Collection. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.73731/.

APA citation style:

Machann, B., Douglas County Libraries Archives And Local History, Gray, A. & Magette, L. M. Lille Margaret Magette Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.73731/.

MLA citation style:

Machann, Barbara, et al. Lille Margaret Magette Collection. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.73731/>.