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Rose Gibbs [detail from video]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953
  • Branch of Service: Army
  • Service Unit/Ship: Fitzsimons Army Hospital; Osaka Army Hospital; 279th General Hospital
  • Location of Service: Aurora, Colorado; Osaka, Japan; Korea; Fort Lee, Virginia; Texas
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant First Class
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/4693

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"You didn't have time really to think about what had happened. It was really about what you could do to help them." (Video Interview, 34:31)

Rose Gibbs was a 21-year-old telephone company operator in Richmond in 1949, when she decided to enlist in the Army and see more of the world than her native Virginia. A few years later, with medical laboratory training under her belt, she shipped out to Japan, where she worked in military hospitals that were receiving casualties from the Korean War. She also worked on the wards, dealing with patients suffering from frostbite and fevers as well as wounds. An encounter with a head nurse who was a patient in one of her hospitals still haunts her.

Interview / Recording

Transcript

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About this Item

Title

  • Rose L. Gibbs Collection

Names

  • Gallo, Scotland
  • Pacheco, Jayne L.
  • Gibbs, Rose L.
  • MINDS, LLC (MINDS Institute Oral History Project)

Home State

  • Michigan

Headings

  • -  Gibbs, Rose L.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army.

Repository

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

Gender

  • Female

Race

  • Other

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Branch of Service: Army
    • Service Unit/Ship: Fitzsimons Army Hospital; Osaka Army Hospital; 279th General Hospital
    • Location of Service: Aurora, Colorado; Osaka, Japan; Korea; Fort Lee, Virginia; Texas
    • Highest Rank: Sergeant First Class
    • Dates of Service: 1949-1956
    • Entrance into Service: Enlisted
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Video: Digital Betacam [1 item] -- Digitized Copy (collected 2002-11-08)
  • Video: MiniDV [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-11-08)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2002-11-08)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/4693

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

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Citing VHP Materials

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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:

Gallo, Scotland, Jayne L Pacheco, Rose L Gibbs, and Minds, Llc. Rose L. Gibbs Collection. 1949. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.04693/.

APA citation style:

Gallo, S., Pacheco, J. L., Gibbs, R. L. & Minds, Llc. (1949) Rose L. Gibbs Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.04693/.

MLA citation style:

Gallo, Scotland, et al. Rose L. Gibbs Collection. 1949. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.04693/>.