Dorothy Walters Cutts
Cutts
Dorothy
NY
World War, 1939-1945; Korean War, 1950-1953
WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps); Army Nurse Corps
74th Hospital; 74th Hospital
First Lieutenant; First Lieutenant
Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort George Meade, Maryland; Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC; Tripler Hospital, Hawaii; also: Fort Des Moines, Iowa; Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; Fort George Meade, Maryland; Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, DC; Tripler Hospital, Hawaii
Unknown
Veteran
"I was sorry at one time that I wasn’t a man when World War II came out." (Video Interview, 35:57)
World War II was both a frustrating and fulfilling experience for Dorothy Walters. She wanted to make a significant contribution to the war effort, so she went to work in a defense plant. But that wasn’t enough, and she joined the new Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, first as a clerk, then as part of the Medical Corps, practicing giving injections on oranges. She then decided she wanted to be a nurse and entered the Cadet Nurse Corps of the Public Health Service, but the war ended before she graduated. After working at a children’s hospital with victims of polio, Walters finally got a chance to serve as a full-fledged military nurse during the Korean War, stationed in Washington, D.C. and Honolulu.
Dorothy Walters Cutts in nurse's uniform [ca. 1944]
Healing with Honor: Nurses
Group photo depicting Dorothy Cutts during her military service
Photo of Dorothy Cutts
Photo of Dorothy Cutts and two others
Photo of Dorothy Cutts bandaging a hand, Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Photo of Dorothy Cutts with a stethoscope
Full length photo of Dorothy Cutts in uniform, Aux 1st Class WWII
Studio photo of Dorothy Cutts in uniform, 74th Hospital Unit, Fort Oglethorpe, GA
Group photo depicting Dorothy Cutts during her military service
Group photo of Dorothy Cutts and others standing around a snowman
Photo of Dorothy Cutts and a child, Walter Reed Army Hospital, Washington, D.C., Korean War
Memoir, "Days of War" by Dottie Cutts
Memoir, "Days of War" by Dottie Cutts
Honoring Dorothy Walters Cutts
Honoring Dorothy Walters Cutts
Honorable Discharge Certificate [September 29, 1955]
Honorable Discharge Certificate [September 29, 1955]
Certificate of service [August 2, 1943]
Certificate of service [August 2, 1943]
Wearing men’s uniforms.
Barracks living, learning to salute.
Cadet Nurse Corps; autopsies; pediatrics; Indian hospital in Nebraska.
Duties during Korean War; marriage to man she met at Library of Congress.
Improvising during a snowstorm.
Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00447/
DLC-AFC
2023-06-02
loc.natlib.afc2001001.00447