Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Audio Recording Jeanne A. Markle Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Service Unit/Ship: 93rd Evacuation Hospital; 24th Evacuation Hospital
- Location of Service: Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Carson, Colorado; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/3442
Born, raised, and trained to be a nurse in Indiana, Jeanne Urbin joined the U.S. Army in 1965 as a way of seeing the world. A year later, she got her wish when she married an officer who was about to ship out to Vietnam. The Army needed nurses to go to Southeast Asia, Jeanne didn't want to be separated from her husband Brian, and she soon found herself caring for wounded and ill soldiers in conditions far more primitive than the sterile confines of a Midwestern hospital.
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PlayGetting married; shipping out to Vietnam. 00:07:12.0 - 00:11:26.0
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PlayFirst impressions of Vietnam; conditions in her ward. 00:12:47.0 - 00:17:58.0
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PlayA letter of concern from her mother. 00:22:29.0 - 00:23:51.0
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PlayA female voice on the phone. 00:26:57.0 - 00:30:06.0
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PlayTending to dying and maimed soldiers. 00:37:47.0 - 00:40:06.0
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PlayGetting dysentery from mess hall workers. 00:42:29.0 - 00:46:01.0
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About this Item
Title
- Jeanne A. Markle Collection
Names
- Lugar, Richard
- Markle, Jeanne A.
- Doud, Mark D.
- U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
Home State
- Florida
Headings
- - Markle, Jeanne A.
- - Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army Nurse Corps.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Female
Race
- White
Status
- veteran
Service History
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Service Unit/Ship: 93rd Evacuation Hospital; 24th Evacuation Hospital
- Location of Service: Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Carson, Colorado; Vietnam
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Dates of Service: 1964-1967
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2002-08-21; 2009-08-20)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2010)
- Manuscript: Clippings [4 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1988-1993)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-08-21)
- Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [28 items] -- Photographs (collected 1965-1993)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/3442
Online Format
- audio
- image
- online text