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Title
[Portrait
of
Mary
Kathryn
Hampton
,
circa
1944]
Date
1944
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--Army Nurse Corps
Item description
Portrait
of
Mary
Kay
Hampton
,
circa
1944
, in the
ANC
blue
service
uniform
with
matching
garrison
cap
. On her
shoulder
is
the
patch
of the
4th
Army
Service
Command
.
Veteran's name
Hampton, Mary Kathryn
Veteran's biography
Mary
Kay
Hampton
(b
.
1920)
of
Winston-Salem
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in the
Army
Nurse
Corps
in
France
,
Belgium
, and
Germany
during
World
War
II
.
Following
the
war
she
continued
her
career
in
nursing
administration
and
education
,
primarily
in
North
Carolina
.
Mary
Kathryn
Hampton
of
Winston-Salem
,
North
Carolina
, was
born
on
30
April
1920
. She
graduated
from
RJ
Reynolds
High
School
in
1937
and then
entered
North
Carolina
Baptist
Hospital
nurses’
training
program
in
September
1938
. She
worked
as a
private
duty
nurse
after
graduation
in
1941.
"
Hampton
joined
the
Army
Nurse
Corps
in
June
1942
and was
stationed
at
Fort
Benning
in
Georgia
. In
July
1943
she
attended
overseas
training
at
Camp
Atterbury
,
Indiana
, and then in
Elkins
,
West
Virginia
.
Hampton
departed
Fort
Dix
,
New
Jersey
,
aboard
the
SS
<emph>Aquitania</emph>
in
November
1943
with
other
members
of the
44th
Evacuation
Hospital
. They
arrived
in
Scotland
and
traveled
to
Maidenhead
,
England
,
where
Hampton
attended
additional
training
for
seven
months
, in
preparation
for
D-Day.
"
Hampton
crossed
the
English
Channel
on a
landing
craft
and
landed
at
Omaha
Beach
on
19
June
1944
. The
unit
followed
the
front
from
Normandy
to
Malmedy
,
Belgium
,
during
the
fall
of
1944
.
During
the
Battle
of the
Bulge
,
Hampton
and the
44th
Evac
moved
to
Spa
and
Huy
,
Belgium
, then onto
Germany
in
February
1945
. There they
supported
troops
following
the
battle
for
Ludendorff
Bridge
at
Remagen
and the
liberation
of
Nordhausen
concentration
camp
.
Following
VE
Day
,
Hampton
spent
time
in
France
and
Germany
before
returning
home
to
North
Carolina
in
October
1945
.
Hampton
studied
nursing
and
worked
at
Duke
University
after
the
war
. She
later
completed
her
master’s
degree
in
nursing
education
at
Columbia
University
and
taught
nursing
at
UNCG
.
During
her
long
career
in
nursing
,
Hampton
also
worked
at a
VA
Hospital
in
Texas
, at
North
Carolina
Baptist
Hospital
in
Winston-Salem
and at
various
hospitals
in
Wilmington
.
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
WV0335 Mary Kathryn Hampton Papers
Rights statement
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COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0335.6.001
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
900814490
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