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Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
  • Location of Service: England; Chicago, Illinois; Fort Devens, Camp Edwards and Waltham, Massachusetts; San Francisco, California; Osaka and Tokyo, Japan; Fort Lee, Virginia; San Antonio, Texas; Germany; Fort Jay, New York; Seoul, Korea; European Theater
  • Highest Rank: Major

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"I'd do it all over again in a minute, but it was because I was a nurse to start with and ... I enjoyed being a nurse." (Audio interview, Tape 2, 6:40)

An Army nurse in two wars, Catherine Neville saw the effects of combat on more than one generation of soldiers and sailors. She was stationed in England during the Normandy Invasion and its aftermath, and she treated frostbitten and wounded Korean War soldiers in San Francisco, Osaka, and Tokyo hospitals. Her care extended beyond medicine, to what she saw as the neglect of Korean and Vietnam veterans.

Catherine E. Neville Collection
Interview / Recording

Transcript: XML

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About this Item

Title

  • Catherine E. Neville Collection

Names

  • Wilbur, Sara
  • Concord Historical Commission
  • Victoria Lockwood
  • Roach, Helen
  • National Court Reporters Association (NCRA)
  • Neville, Catherine E.

State of Birth

  • MA

Home State

  • MA

Headings

  • -  Neville, Catherine E.
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Nurse Corps.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives

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
    • Location of Service: England; Chicago, Illinois; Fort Devens, Camp Edwards and Waltham, Massachusetts; San Francisco, California; Osaka and Tokyo, Japan; Fort Lee, Virginia; San Antonio, Texas; Germany; Fort Jay, New York; Seoul, Korea; European Theater
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Dates of Service: 1943-1966
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Dates of Service: 1943-1966
    • Military Status: Veteran

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Dates of Service: 1943-1966
    • Military Status: Veteran

Materials

  • Photograph: Photocopy of Photographic Print [3 items] -- Photograph (collected 1944 - 2001)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 02/25/2000)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 01/01/2002)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 02/25/2000)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 07/11/2005)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/113

Cite as

  • Catherine E. Neville Collection (AFC/2001/001/113), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

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/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:

Wilbur, Sara, Concord Historical Commission, Victoria Lockwood, Helen Roach, National Court Reporters Association, and Catherine E Neville. Catherine E. Neville Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.00113/.

APA citation style:

Wilbur, S., Concord Historical Commission, Victoria Lockwood, Roach, H., National Court Reporters Association & Neville, C. E. (1943) Catherine E. Neville Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.00113/.

MLA citation style:

Wilbur, Sara, et al. Catherine E. Neville Collection. 1943. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.00113/>.