[Nurses quarters in Guam, 1945]
Rating
Title
[Nurses quarters in Guam , 1945]
Date
1945-12
Item description
A row of temporary buildings that served as the nurses quarters of the 204th General Hospital in Guam , as seen in December 1945 .
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945 United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--Army Nurse Corps
Veteran's name
Libby, Lucy Slade
Veteran's biography
Lucy Slade Libby (b . 1921) of Danville , Virginia , served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1942 to 1946 .Lucy Slade Libby (b . 1921) was born in Danville , Virginia , and raised on a tobacco farm in Blanch , North Carolina . After graduating from the Appalachian State Teachers College in Boone , North Carolina , Slade attended the Duke School of Nursing from 1939-1942. " Libby joined the Army Nurse Corps in October 1942 as a second lieutenant and reported to a general hospital at Camp Davis in Wilmington , North Carolina . She remained there through March of 1944 , when she was sent briefly to Camp Forrest , Tennessee , and then to Camp Blanding , Florida , to prepare for overseas duty . She served as a nurse supervisor with the 369th and 176th station hospitals in Saipan from September 1944 to the fall of 1945 , when she became assistant chief nurse of the 204th general hospital in Guam . Libby returned to the United States early the next year and was discharged with the rank of captain in October 1946 . She married Edwin Clark Libby after the war .
Source collection
WV0328 Lucy Slade Libby Papers
Place
Guam
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
Preferred citation
[Identification of item], [Identification of collection], Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
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
WV0328.6.025
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/
Digital collection homepage
http://libcdm1.uncg.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/WVHP
OCLC number
900813512
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