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Title
[Diane
Kay
Corcoran
with
unnamed
individual
,
24th
Evacuation
Hospital
in
Long
Binh
,
Vietnam]
Date
Undated
Subject headings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Army--Women
Era
Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch
Army--Army Nurse Corps
Item description
Diane
Kay
Corcoran
with an
unnamed
individual
in the
hospital
at the
24th
Evacuation
Hospital
in
Long
Binh
,
Vietnam
.
Veteran's name
Corcoran, Diane Kay
Veteran's biography
Diane
Kay
Corcoran
(b
.
1946)
served
in the
Army
Nurse
Corps
(ANC)
from
1969-1992
.
Diane
Kay
Corcoran
was
born
in
1946
in
Rochester
,
New
York
,
where
she also
grew
up
. She
attended
the
Genesee
Hospital
School
of
Nursing
,
where
she
signed
up
as a
cadet
in the
United
States
Army
Nurse
Corps
in her
final
year
,
joining
the
service
full
time
upon
her
graduation
in
1968
.
Corcoran
attended
basic
training
at
Fort
Sam
Houston
in
San
Antonio
,
Texas
. Her
first
assignment
was to the
Letterman
Army
Hospital
of the
Presidio
in
San
Francisco
,
where
she
worked
in a
combined
neurosurgery
and
intensive
care
unit
. She then
received
orders
to
Vietnam
,
leaving
on the
15th
of
August
,
1969
,
spending
approximately
a
year
there.
Upon
returning
to the
United
States
, she
took
a
year
out
of the
service
and
obtained
her
Bachelor
of
Science
in
Nursing
degree
(BSN)
, and
returned
to
service
.
During
the
course
of her
service
,
Corcoran
was also
stationed
at
Redstone
Arsenal
in
Huntsville
,
Alabama
, and in
1976
became
the
chief
nurse
at the
86th
combat
support
hospital
at
Fort
Campbell
,
Kentucky
. She also
obtained
her
PhD
, and
retired
in
1992
as a
colonel
.
Place
Long
Bình
(Dong
Nai
,
Vietnam)
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
WV0526 Diane Kay Corcoran Papers
Collection summary
The
collection
includes
a
January
2012
oral
history
interview
(only
available
in
person
at the
archives)
,
photographs
, a
poster
of the
Superintendents
and
Chiefs
,
Army
Nurse
Corps
,
1901-1975)
,
Vietnam
Army
nurse
uniforms
(Hot
Weather
Field
Uniform
blouse
and
skirt
,
green
and
white
cord
striped
summer
blouse
and
skirt.)
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
WV0526.6.019
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
900816038
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