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Title	[Ward in United States Army Hospital, Camp Zama, Japan, circa 1968
Date	1968
Date approximate?	yes
Subject headings	United States. Army--Women Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Era	Vietnam Era (1964-1974) Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Service branch	Army--Army Medical Specialist Corps - PT
Item description	U. S. Army Medical Specialist Corps physical therapist Marcia Snow tends to a patient in traction, U.S. Army Hospital, Camp Zuma, Japan, circa 1968.
Veteran's name	Snow, Marcia Jones
Veteran's biography	Marcia Jones Snow (b. 1943), of Melbourne, Australia, served as a Physical Therapist in the Army Medical Specialist Corps from 1965-1972 and the Army Reserve from 1977-1981 . Marcia Jones Snow was born 26 June 1943 in Melbourne, Australia. Because of her father's service with the United States Navy, Snow had the opportunity to live in California, Guam, Kansas, and Italy, before her family settled in Kinston, North Carolina when she was twelve years old. In 1961, Snow began attending Women's College in Greensboro, North Carolina [now The University of North Carolina at Greensboro], where she majored in physical education . After graduation, Snow applied for and received a position with Army Special Services, but soon decided to commission into the Army Medical Specialist Corps in their physical therapy program. In 1965, she began basic training at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, and completed clinical work at nearby Brooke Army Medical Center. As the conflict in Vietnam began to intensify and more personnel were needed, Snow's practicum was cut short and she was given permanent orders to Fort Benning, Georgia. She worked as a physical therapist there for about a year, doing mostly orthopedic work, before receiving orders to Camp Zama, Japan, in 1967 . In Japan, Snow treated South Vietnamese evacuees, getting them well enough to return to Vietnam, or in more serious cases, stabilizing them so they could be sent to the U.S. for treatment. She also worked with evacuees from the Tet Offensive in early 1968. After a year and a half in Japan, Snow requested an Intra-Theater Transfer (ITT) to Vietnam . In 1969, Snow was assigned as the single physical therapist at the 71st Medevac Hospital of Pleiku. She had the opportunity to participate in a Medical Civil Action Program (MEDCAP) at a leprosarium, as well as in the Montagnard villages in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. When Snow had three months left to her deployment, she was transferred to Qui Nh?n, Vietnam . After returning to the U.S in 1970, Snow was assigned to Fort Ord, California. In 1972, with less need for physical therapists, the army began Reduction in Force actions and Snow left the military. She worked as a civilian physical therapist for a number of years, before deciding to return to active duty in 1977. Snow received orders to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where she worked as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) in the physical therapy clinic, assisting with musculoskeletal evaluations. In 1977 or 1978, Snow participated in the Return of Forces to Germany (Reforger) exercise, as the first female physical therapist to assist in the field . In 1981, Snow left active service, but continued with the U.S. Army Reserve until retiring in 1981.
Type	Image
Original format	photographs
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	WV0600 Marcia Jones Snow Papers
Collection summary	December 2015 oral history interview, copies of photographs, and Vietnamese safe conduct pass
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0600.6.010
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	935793066

[Ward in United States Army Hospital, Camp Zama, Japan, circa 1968

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