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Title
[Portrait
of
Paula
Trivette
,
1987]
Date
1987-12-06
Subject headings
Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988
United States. Army--Women
Era
Post-Vietnam, Panama, Grenada (1975-1989)
Service branch
Army--Army Nurse Corps
Item description
Portrait
of
Paula
Trivette
from
1987
. She
wears
the
Army
Meritorious
Service
Medal
,
Army
Commendation
Medal
, and
National
Defense
Service
Medal
.
Veteran's name
Trivette, Paula K. Jackan
Veteran's biography
Paula
K
.
Jackan
Trivette
(b
.
1953)
served
in the
Army
Nurse
Corps
from
1975-1993
.
Paula
K
.
Jackan
Trivette
was
born
in
Wisconsin
Rapids
,
Wisconsin
on
March
14
,
1953
. She
obtained
a
college
scholarship
through
the
Walter
Reed
Army
Institute
of
Nursing
Program
, and
attended
Viterbo
College
in
La
Crosse
,
Wisconsin
for
two
years
before
going
to
Walter
Reed
Army
Hospital
in
Washington
,
D.C
. to
complete
her
degree
.
After
graduating
from the
nursing
program
,
Trivette
was
commissioned
as a
first
lieutenant
and
went
to
San
Antonio
,
Texas
for
basic
training
in
1975
. She was then
stationed
at
Brooke
Army
Medical
Center
at
Fort
Sam
Houston
in
San
Antonio
until
1978
,
during
which
time
she
worked
in a
surgical
ICU
unit
and also
met
and
married
her
husband
, also a
servicemember
in the
U.S
.
Army’s
Judge
Advocate
General’s
Corps
.
Trivette
was then
assigned
to
Fort
Carson
, in
Colorado
Springs
,
Colorado
as
first
an
assistant
head
nurse
and then
head
nurse
. She had her
first
son
while
at
Fort
Carson
before
being
assigned
to
Frankfurt
Army
Medical
Center
and
Frankfurt
Army
97th
General
Hospital
in
Frankfurt
,
Germany
, with her
husband
also
stationed
in
Germany
.
While
in
Germany
,
Trivette
was
promoted
from
major
to
captain
.
Upon
returning
to the
United
States
,
Trivette’s
assignment
was
Walter
Reed
Army
Medical
Center
. As her
assignment
there
drew
to a
close
, a
White
House
nurse
position
became
available
, and
Trivette
interviewed
for and was
given
that
position
. She
worked
as a
White
House
nurse
from
1987
for
President
Reagan
to
1993
for
George
H.W
.
Bush
. She then
retired
from
military
service
with the
rank
of
lieutenant
colonel
.
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
WV0512 Paula K. Jackan Trivette Papers
Collection summary
March
2011
oral
history
interview
,
photographs
and
press
clippings
about
Trivette
, as
well
as a
student
nurse
cap
.
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
WV0512.6.007
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
900814952
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