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Title
[Marjory
Johnson
outside
living
quarters
,
1945]
Date
1945
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--Army Medical Specialist Corps - PT
Item description
Marjory
Johnson
stands
outside
her
living
quarters
at
Mourmelon-le-Petit
,
France
, in
spring
1945
. She
is
wearing
the
Army
Nurse
Corps
olive
drab
skirt
and
khaki
shirt
and
tie
.
Veteran's name
Johnson, Marjory W.
Veteran's biography
Marjory
W
.
Johnson
(1922-2010)
, of
Bunn
,
North
Carolina
,
served
as a
physical
therapist
in the
U.S
.
Army
from
1944
to
1946
and
later
in
civilian
hospitals
in
North
Carolina
,
Minnesota
, and
New
York
. From
1961
to
1985
she was a
member
of the
physical
therapy
faculty
at the
University
of
North
Carolina
.
Marjory
W
.
Johnson
grew
up
in
Bunn
,
North
Carolina
. She
studied
physical
education
at the
Woman’s
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
(now
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
and
graduated
in
1943
.
After
graduation
, she
went
to
one
year
of
civilian
physical
therapy
training
at
Walter
Reed
Army
Medical
Center
in
Washington
,
D.C
. She also had
one
week
of
basic
training
at
Fort
Meade
,
Maryland.
"
Johnson
joined
the
Army
Medical
Specialist
Corps
as a
second
lieutenant
in
1944
. Her
first
assignment
was at
Woodrow
Wilson
Hospital
in
Staunton
,
Virginia
, but in
January
1945
, she
received
overseas
orders
. She
sailed
from
Fort
Dix
,
New
Jersey
, to
Le
Havre
,
France
, on the
George
Washington
. Her
unit
, the
205th
General
Hospital
,
treated
German
prisoners
in
Mourmelon-le-Petit
,
France
. In the
summer
of
1945
,
Johnson
traveled
to
Marseilles
,
France
, on
route
to the
South
Pacific
, but the
war
ended
and she was
reassigned
to
Rouen
,
France
.
After
a
week
in
Rouen
,
Johnson
secured
an
assignment
in
Bremerhaven
,
Germany
,
where
her
brother
was
stationed
. She
returned
to the
United
States
in
February
1946
and was
discharged
at
Fort
Bragg
.
Johnson
worked
with
polio
patients
for the
next
few
years
,
first
in
Pinehurst
,
North
Carolina
, and then in
Hibbing
,
Minnesota
. She
attended
Stanford
University
in
Palo
Alto
,
California
, on the
GI
Bill
in
1948
, but
did
not
complete
her
master’s
degree
until
1964
.
Johnson
worked
in
Rochester
,
New
York
, from
1948
until
1961
. In
September
1961
, she
accepted
a
teaching
position
at the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Chapel
Hill
,
where
she
stayed
until
retiring
in
May
1985
.
Place
Mourmelon-le-Petit
(France)
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Full uniform
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
WV0111 Marjory Johnson Papers
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0111.6.002
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
900811548
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