Veronica Eustice Collection
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Oral history interview with Veronica Eustice
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Documents Veronica Dabrowski Eustice's early life and nursing education in Brooklyn, New York; her military service with the Army Nurse Corps during World War II; and her personal life after the war. Eustice describes her family and their Polish heritage; her decision to become a nurse; and her training at Saint Catherine's Hospital in Brooklyn, including the general nursing program, rotations, shifts, and daily life as a student. " Eustice also remembers basic training at Fort Dix and her work in the orthopedic unit at the hospital, describing her shifts and types of work; her uniforms; working with bone graft patients; and working with WACs. Topics from Eustice's overseas duty include her travels around Kassel, Germany; the condition of the town after the war; her work in a general hospital for American soldiers; the process of marrying an American GI in Germany; and returning to the United States on a ship carrying French war brides. " Eustice also describes her husband's family history; her post-war life in Hackensack, New Jersey, and Maryland, including her return to the nursing profession; and her opinions on women in the military.
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Russell and Veronica Eustice
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Portrait of Russell and Veronica Dabrowski Eustice, both in army uniforms, taken in Germany in 1946. Veronica wears the ANC European Theatre (ETO) short-waist "Ike" battle jacket, drab "pink" skirt, and garrison cap.
