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Object Description
Title
[Army
dietitian
olive
drab
uniform
,
circa
1943]
Date
1943
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--Army Medical Specialist Corps - Diet
Item description
U.S
.
Army
hospital
dietitian
olive
drab
jacket
and
long
skirt.
" In
1942
dietitians
became
part
of the
army's
Medial
Department
and were
eligible
to
wear
standard
army
or
army
nurse
uniforms
. In
1943
a
pair
of
caducei
with the
initials
"
HD
" was
added
to the
uniform
,
pinned
to the
blouse
lapels
. They are
missing
from this
uniform
,
which
was
worn
by
Lucile
Griffin
Leonard
from
1943
to
1945
. The
patch
on the
upper
right
sleeve
of the
jacket
signifies
service
in the
North
African
Theater
of
Operations
, and the
stripes
on the
lower
right
sleeve
represent
two
years
overseas
service
(each
stripe
represents
six
months.)
On the
sleeve
not
pictured
is
a
laurel
wreath
patch
,
which
is
a "
Distinguished
Unit
Citation
"
emblem
awarded
to
units
for
extraordinary
heroism
in
action
against
an
armed
enemy
.
Veteran's name
Leonard, Lucile Scott Griffin
Veteran's biography
Lucile
“Lucy”
Griffin
Leonard
(1920-2006)
of
Sanford
,
North
Carolina
,
served
as a
hospital
dietitian
in
Africa
and
Italy
while
in the
U.S
.
Army
from
1943
to
1945
, and
later
as a
dietitian
at
UNCG
and in
N.C
.
public
schools
.
Lucile
“Lucy”
Griffin
Leonard
was
born
28
November
1920
and was
raised
in
Sanford
,
North
Carolina
. She
studied
home
economics
and
institution
management
at the
Woman’s
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
,
graduating
in
1941
.
After
her
graduation
,
Leonard
worked
for the
Dairy
Council
in
Durham
,
North
Carolina
.
Leonard
enlisted
in the
army
and
became
a
hospital
dietitian
at
Camp
Butner
,
North
Carolina
, in
September
1942
. She was
commissioned
as a
second
lieutenant
in
March
1943
and
went
to
training
at
Camp
Patrick
Henry
,
Virginia
.
Leonard
sailed
on the
SS
Louis
Pasteur
in
September
1943
to the
81st
Station
Hospital
in
Bizerte
,
Tunisia
. In
1944
, she
moved
to
Naples
,
Italy
, and
later
to
Livorno
,
Type
image
Original format
textiles
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
WV0028 Lucile Griffin Leonard Papers
Collection summary
Military
Papers
,
1943-1946
;
Correspondence
,
1943-1945
;
scrapbook
.
Rights statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Additional rights information
NO
COPYRIGHT
-
UNITED
STATES
. This
item
has been
determined
to be
free
of
copyright
restrictions
in the
United
States
. The
user
is
responsible
for
determining
actual
copyright
status
for any
reuse
of the
material
.
Object ID
WV0028.8.001
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 --
http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900817279
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