Catherine E. Neville
Neville
Catherine E.
MA
World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953; Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Army Nurse Corps
Major
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
Unknown
Veteran
"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 Neville in uniform [ca. 1944]
Hurry Up and Wait
Voices of War
Near U.S. Army HQ and hospital. Nocton, England.
1944
Catherine Neville
circa 1944
Catherine Neville
Spring 2001
Joining the Red Cross and then the Army.
Receiving patients from the D-Day Invasion.
Buzz bomb and rocket attacks.
Caring for Korean War patients in San Francisco.
Working in Japan after the Korean War.
Interaction with Korean citizens.
Beginnings of U.S. involvement in Vietnam.
No parades for vets of Korea and Vietnam.
Reflections on her "good life."
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00113/
DLC-AFC
2023-06-02
loc.natlib.afc2001001.00113