Regina H. SchiffmanSchiffmanRegina H.PAKorean War, 1950-1953; Vietnam War, 1961-1975Army Nurse Corps; Army Nurse CorpsBrooke Army Medical Center; Letterman General Hospital; Valley Forge General Hospital; 8063 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH); Walter Reed Medical CenterLieutenant ColonelFort Sam Houston, Texas; San Francisco, California; Pennsylvania; Korea; Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland; Washington, DC; Landstuhl, Germany; Frankfurt, Germany; Japan; Fort Benning, GeorgiaUnknownVeteran"There was something that stirred up the adrenalin, I think, that really kept you going. You were needed there." (Transcript of 1986 interview, pages 26-27)After three years of neurosurgical nurse work at a New York hospital, 24-year-old Regina Schiffman decided to make a career in the U.S. Army. A year after she enlisted, the U.S. was at war in Korea, and in the summer of 1951 she found herself working in the operating room of a MASH unit. Conditions were primitive in both the O.R. (litters were balanced on saw horses, a pot-bellied stove was the sole source of heat in the frigid winter) and in her tent (she bathed most of the time out of her helmet). But Schiffman drew strength from the selflessness of her mission and the camaraderie of her fellow nurses and the physicians.Regina Schiffman, while serving with the 8063 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), Korea [9/1951]Women at WarThe Korean War: In SupportRegina Schiffman standing with tent flap behind her while serving with the 8063 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), Korea (9/1951).September 1951Regina Schiffman in uniform standing in front of possibly a stone monument, Korea (9/1951).September 1951Regina Schiffman standing by helicopter with mountains in background while serving with 8063 MASH unit, Korea (9/1951).September 1951Regina Schiffman exiting tent with sign "Nurses Latrine" hanging off side, Korea (9/1951).September 1951View overlooking tent city of 8063 MASH, highway and mountains in background, Korea (9/1951).September 1951Two doctors of the 8063 MASH unit operating on a man's face, Korea (9/1951).September 1951Men lying on cots in the post-operation tent, Korea (9/1951).September 1951Regina Schiffman standing in doorway of train while serving with 8063 MASH, Korea (9/1951).September 1951Original color print, contemporary photo of Regina Schiffman, San Antonio, Texas (1/14/2004).January 14th 2004Transcription of interview from 1986Letter from Department of the Army to LTC Regina Schiffman 3/10/87Letter from Department of the Army to LTC Regina Schiffman 3/10/87Letter from Department of the Army to LTC Regina Schiffman 3/30/87Letter from Department of the Army to LTC Regina Schiffman 3/30/87Her year of service in Korea: primitive working and conditions; appreciating the simplest pleasures in life; the camaraderie a big plus.Long duty hours; recreation: walking in the hills, a trip to Seoul, the unit's crude club tent.Not being notified immediately of her father's death while she was overseas; feelings about leaving Korea; deciding to stay in the Army.Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congresshttps://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.41229/DLC-AFC2022-11-04loc.natlib.afc2001001.41229