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[Letter from Sammie M. Rice to Estelle Rice, 3 March 1943]

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Title	[Letter from Sammie M. Rice to Estelle Rice, 3 March 1943]
Date	1943-03-03
Item creator's name	Rice, Sammie
Subject headings	World War, 1939-1945 United States--Armed Forces--African Americans United States. Army--Women
Era	World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch	Army--Army Nurse Corps
Item description	Rice is traveling to a new station, says she is doing well, and writes of a mutual friend who is now a lieutenant.
Veteran's name	Rice, Sammie
Veteran's biography	Sammie Mae Rice (1913-2006) was among the first African American nurses to serve in an overseas theater during World War II . Sammie Mae Rice (1913-2006) of Laurens, South Carolina, enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps on 24 July 1942. At the time of her induction Lt Rice was assistant superintendent of Gillespie hospital in Cordele Georgia She was sent to Fort Bragg, NC, and Camp Kilmer, NJ, until February 1943, when she left for the African theatre with the 25th Station Hospital. When her shipped docked in Morocco in mid-March 1943, she became one of the first African Americans to serve overseas, and certainly the first African American nurse from South Carolina sent to that theatre during WWII. After stops in Dakar and Freetown, Rice arrived in Liberia, where she working as a nurse in the Officers ward of the Army hospital. By November of 1943, she was in Northern Africa, and by January 1944 Lieutenant Rice had returned to the United States, where she was stationed at Camp Livingston, Louisiana. Rice was discharged on 1 March 1946.
Type	text
Original format	correspondence
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language	en
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0257 Sammie M. Rice Papers
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	WV0257.4.002
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/
Full-text transcript	Dear Hun, I know you have been looking to hear from me. I am still en route to my destination. Don't worry about me, I am well and happy and having lots of fun. How are you? I hope you have not been ill. Will write you a long letter as soon as I get where I am going. When you write mother, tell her you heard from me and that I am well. I saw Dooby-- do you remember him? He finished Benedict and is now a Lt. I was very glad to see him. Remember me to everybody and write soon to the address I sent you sometime ago. Lots of love, [unclear]
OCLC number	900816715

[Letter from Sammie M. Rice to Estelle Rice, 3 March 1943]

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[Letter from Sammie M. Rice to Estelle Rice, 3 March 1943]