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[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
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