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Title
[Jean
Comins
Mitchell
in
uniform
,
circa
1944]
Date
1944
Date approximate?
yes
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Army--Army Medical Specialist Corps - Diet
Item description
Army
Medical
Corps
member
Jean
Comins
Mitchell
stands
in
front
of her
parent's
home
in
Bluefield
,
West
Virginia
,
while
on
leave
,
circa
. She
wears
an
olive
drab
dietitian
uniform
.
Veteran's name
Mitchell, Jean Comins
Veteran's biography
Jean
Comins
Mitchell
of
Kingston
,
New
York
, was a
dietitian
in the
Army
Medical
Corps
from
1943
to
1945
.
Jean
Comins
Mitchell
was
born
in
Kingston
,
New
York
, and
graduated
from
high
school
in
New
Bern
,
North
Carolina
. She
attended
the
Woman's
College
of the
University
of
North
Carolina
(now
the
University
of
North
Carolina
at
Greensboro)
from
1939
to
1943
and
received
her
degree
in
food
and
institution
management
.
After
graduation
she
interned
at
Walter
Reed
Army
Hospital
in
Washington
,
D.C
.
Mitchell
enlisted
in
1943
as a
member
of the
Army
Medical
Corps
. She
went
through
basic
training
at
Fort
Meade
,
Maryland
, and was then
stationed
at
Valley
Forge
Army
Hospital
in
Valley
Forge
,
Pennsylvania
, as a
dietitian
. In
late
1943
she was
transferred
to
Deshon
Army
Hospital
in
Butler
,
Pennsylvania
, and in
1944
was
sent
to
McGuire
Army
Hospital
in
Richmond
,
Virginia
,
where
she
remained
until
May
1945
.
Mitchell
was
transferred
back
to
Walter
Reed
Army
Hospital
until
the
end
of the
war
in
1945
.
In
September
of
1945
,
Mitchell
married
and
moved
to
Martinsville
,
Virginia
. She
worked
for a
year
as a
dietitian
at a
hospital
in
Virginia
.
After
her
children
were
grown
she
ran
her
own
catering
service
.
Place
Bluefield
(W.Va.)
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
WV0052 Jean Comins Mitchell Papers
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
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above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0052.6.002
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/
OCLC number
900810717
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