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Title
[Daphine
Doster
Mastroianni
in
Fiji
,
circa
1943]
Date
1943
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
Daphine
Mastroianni
poses
in her
summer
beige
dress
uniform
with
visored
hat
in
front
of a
tropical
plant
in
Fiji
,
circa
1943
.
Veteran's name
Mastroianni, Daphine Doster
Veteran's biography
Daphine
Doster
Mastroianni
(1906-2000)
of
Monroe
,
North
Carolina
,
served
in
New
Zealand
,
Fiji
, and
India
with the
Army
Nurse
Corps
(ANC)
from
1942
to
1945
.
After
the
war
,
Mastroianni
continued
her
nursing
career
with the
U.S
.
Public
Health
Service
, the
Arkansas
Health
Department
, and
later
as
dean
of
University
of
Arkansas
School
of
Nursing
.
Daphine
Doster
Mastroianni
was
born
7
October
1906
in
Monroe
,
North
Carolina
, to a
railroad
worker
and a
nurse
, and was
raised
in
Gibson
,
North
Carolina
. She
graduated
from
high
school
in
1923
and then
attended
the
North
Carolina
College
for
Women
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
,
where
she
studied
music
.
After
graduating
in
1927
,
Mastroianni
worked
as a
music
teacher
at
Cherryville
High
School
and
later
Kings
Mountain
High
School
. She
enrolled
at
John
Hopkins
School
of
Nursing
in
1933
and
graduated
in
1936
. She
worked
as a
surgical
nurse
for
three
years
in the
operating
room
of
John
Hopkins
and
later
Berea
College
Hospital
in
Berea
,
Kentucky
.
Mastroianni
also
did
public
nursing
in
Richmond
,
Kentucky
, and
Bowling
Green
,
Kentucky
.
Mastroianni
joined
the
Army
Nurse
Corps
in
1942
with a
unit
from
Johns
Hopkins
Hospital
, the
18th
General
Hospital
. She
went
through
basic
training
at
Fort
Jackson
,
South
Carolina
, and then
served
as a
surgical
nurse
in
New
Zealand
and
Fiji
from
1942
to
1945
. In
1945
she was
transferred
to
Calcutta
,
India
. She
returned
to the
U.S
. and was
briefly
assigned
to
Fort
Devens
,
Massachusetts
.
Following
her
discharge
,
Mastroianni
received
her
master's
in
public
health
from the
Minnesota
School
of
Public
Health
. She
worked
for
twenty-four
years
with the
U.S
.
Public
Health
Service
providing
loans
and
personnel
to
aid
states
.
During
that
time
she
worked
for
two
years
in the
Arkansas
Health
Department
. From
1952
to
1953
she
served
as
acting
dean
of the
school
of
nursing
at the
University
of
Arkansas
while
developing
a
four-year
bachelor
of
science
program
in
nursing
. In
1992
she
married
Joe
Mastroianni
,
whom
she had
originally
met
during
World
War
II
.
Daphine
Doster
Mastroianni
died
on
3
August
2000
.
Place
Fiji
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Full uniform
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
WV0038 Daphine Doster Mastroianni Papers
Collection summary
16
February
1999
Oral
History
Interview
;
Photographs
:
Newspaper
Clippings
;
copies
of
correspondence
,
1942-1945
;
book
;
L.O.D
.
Yes
: An
Odyssey
of the
Army's
18th
General
Hospital
,
1947
,
1948
;
Military
Papers
;
Newsletters
,
Programs
and
Miscellany
.
Photographs
depict
basic
training
at
Fort
Jackson
,
South
Carolina
; and her
service
as a
surgical
nurse
in the
Army
Nurse
Corps
in
New
Zealand
,
Fiji
and
India
; and
Mastroianni's
return
to the
states
after
the
war
.
Mastroianni
wrote
detailed
descriptions
on the
back
of
many
of the
photographs
; She had
sent
those to her
future
husband
,
Joe
Mastroianni
, a
Red
Cross
worker
she had
met
in
Fiji
.
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
WV0038.6.003
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
900810888
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