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Kathryn Doody [detail from video]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Korean War, 1950-1953; World War, 1939-1945; Cold War
  • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
  • Service Unit/Ship: 8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital; Tripler Army Hospital
  • Location of Service: Korea; Hawaii; England; France; Germany
  • Highest Rank: Major
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/23308

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"I hadn't been there very long before the bombs descended."(Video interview, 16:33)

Enrolled in nursing school by her mother, who hoped that her daughter could achieve something beyond life on a small Maryland farm, Kathryn Doody arrived in Hawaii with limited real-world nursing experience. Treating patients at Tripler Army Hospital on December 7th, she was ushered into a new world of combat medicine; she witnessed her first major limb amputation that day. Following this baptism of fire, she began a long and distinguished career as an Army nurse, going on to serve in the European theater later in World War II and with a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) unit during the Korean War.

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About this Item

Title

  • Kathryn Mary Doody Collection

Names

  • Doody, Kathryn Mary
  • Willie, Michael Lloyd
  • Bowen, Sarah
  • WRCB-TV Channel 3

Home State

  • Tennessee

Headings

  • -  Doody, Kathryn Mary
  • -  World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Nurse Corps.
  • -  Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  Cold War -- 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

  • World War, 1939-1945

    • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
    • Service Unit/Ship: Tripler Army Hospital
    • Location of Service: Hawaii; England; France; Germany
    • Highest Rank: Major
    • Dates of Service: 1940-1946
    • Military Status: veteran
    • Service History Note: The veteran was on duty and helped care for the wounded during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 12/07/1941.

  • Korean War, 1950-1953

    • Service Unit/Ship: 8063rd Mobile Army Surgical Hospital
    • Location of Service: Korea
    • Dates of Service: 1947-1955
    • Military Status: veteran

  • Cold War

    • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
    • Dates of Service: 1956-1966
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 2004-05-27)
  • Video: Betacam SP [3 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 2004-05-27)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/23308

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • video

Additional Metadata Formats

Rights & Access

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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:

Doody, Kathryn Mary, Michael Lloyd Willie, Sarah Bowen, and Wrcb-Tv Channel 3. Kathryn Mary Doody Collection. 1940. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.23308/.

APA citation style:

Doody, K. M., Willie, M. L., Bowen, S. & Wrcb-Tv Channel 3. (1940) Kathryn Mary Doody Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.23308/.

MLA citation style:

Doody, Kathryn Mary, et al. Kathryn Mary Doody Collection. 1940. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.23308/>.