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Title
[Portrait
of
Pauline
Allison
,
circa
1943]
Date
1943
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Navy--Navy Nurse Corps
Item description
Portrait
of
Pauline
Allison
in
Navy
Nurse
Corps
blue
outdoor
uniform
and
service
cap
,
circa
1943
.
Veteran's name
Allison, Pauline Rogstad
Veteran's biography
Pauline
Rogstad
Allison
(b
.
1918)
of
Winchendon
,
Massachusetts
,
served
in the
Navy
Nurse
Corps
from
1942
to
1948
.
Pauline
Rogstad
Allison
was
born
in
Hartford
,
Connecticut
, on
29
June
1918
, the
oldest
of
six
children
.
Allison
was
raised
in
Winchendon
,
Massachusetts
, and
graduated
from
Murdock
High
School
in
1936
. She then
attended
nursing
school
at
Hartford
Hospital
.
After
graduation
in
1939
,
Allison
stayed
on and
worked
for
two
years
in the
operating
room
.
Allison
was
commissioned
in the
Navy
Nurse
Corps
in
November
1942
and
sent
to
Parris
Island
,
South
Carolina
,
where
she
did
general
duty
nursing
at the
base
hospital
. In
1944
,
Allison
was
sent
to
Naval
Station
Argentia
,
Newfoundland
,
where
she also
worked
in the
small
base's
medical
facility
. She
served
briefly
at the
Great
Lakes
Naval
Training
Center
in
Illinois
before
being
transferred
to the
Naval
Training
School
in
Stillwater
,
Oklahoma
,
where
she and
another
navy
nurse
ran
a
dispensary
for the
WAVES
. In the
summer
of
1945
,
Allison
served
for a
short
time
at
Oregon
State
College
in
Corvallis
and in
San
Diego
,
California
. From
1946
to
1948
,
Allison
served
on the
navy
hospital
ship
Repose
in
China
,
near
Shanghai
.
She
met
her
husband
,
Bill
Allison
,
while
in
China
. They were
married
in
1948
when
they
returned
to the
United
States
. They were
both
stationed
in
Jacksonville
,
Florida
, but
Pauline
Allison
was
discharged
in
January
1949
.
Bill
Allison
remained
in the
navy
and the
couple
lived
on
military
bases
throughout
his
career
. In
1961
, the
Allisons
and their
four
children
settled
in
Cleveland
,
North
Carolina
.
Pauline
worked
at
Rowan
Memorial
Hospital
for
twelve
years
.
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
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
WV0357 Pauline Rogstad Allison 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
WV0357.6.001
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
900813954
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