Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Audio Recording Rhona Marie Knox Prescott Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Unit of Service: 3rd Field Hospital; 616th Clearing Company; 85th Evacuation Hospital
- Location of Service: Texas; Virginia; Georgia; Oklahoma; Korea; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/1146
Fellow nurse Captain, Eleanor Grace Alexander, envied Rhona Marie who had more operating experience in the field. Eleanor was disappointed not to be picked for the emergency surgical team on 24-hour call to fly into the battle zone areas. As fate would have it, only Eleanor was in quarters when the call came. She grabbed Rhona Marie's gear and jacket...
Rhona Marie Knox Prescott Collection
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About this Item
Title
- Rhona Marie Knox Prescott Collection
Names
- Kent, Judith J.
- Prescott, Rhona Marie Knox
- Flagler County Public Library
Home State
- Delaware
Headings
- - Prescott, Rhona Marie Knox
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army Nurse Corps.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Female
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Unit of Service: 3rd Field Hospital; 616th Clearing Company; 85th Evacuation Hospital
- Location of Service: Texas; Virginia; Georgia; Oklahoma; Korea; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Dates of Service: 1961-1968
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Multiple types of electronic files (collected 2002-06-25)
- Manuscript: Transcript [2 items] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2002)
- Audio: CD [2 items] -- Reference copy (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Scrapbooks [1 item] -- (collected 1975)
- Manuscript: Other Manuscript Material [1 item] -- (collected 1990)
- Manuscript: Correspondence [1 item] -- (collected 1991)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-05-24)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [3 items] -- Photograph (collected 2002)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [9 items] -- Photograph (collected 1967)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [2 items] -- Photograph (collected 1994)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/1146
Cite as
- Rhona Marie Knox Prescott Collection (AFC/2001/001/1146), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- audio
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- online text