Alice Park Fairbrother Collection
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Alice Park Fairbrother and Jean C. Ried study anatomy
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Alice Park Fairbrother, in Army Medical Specialist Corps (AMSC) green cord uniform, and Jean C. Ried, in AMSC dress uniform, study anatomy in the Physical Therapy Library of the Medical Field Service School at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on October 28, 1965. On the table in front of them is an open textbook and a life-size model of the bone and muscle structure of the human leg.
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Alice Park Fairbrother assisting an injured serviceman
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Alice Park Fairbrother, in Army Medical Specialist Corps white duty uniform and cap, assists Sergeant John Cordova, who wears a leg brace, with his crutches during physical therapy at Womack Army Hospital in North Carolina on April 5, 1967.
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Alice Park Fairbrother assists amputee veteran
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Alice Park Fairbrother assists Private John E. Marshall with physical therapy for his transtibial amputation in Womak Army Hospital at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on April 5, 1967. Fairbrother wears the her Army Medical Specialist Corps white duty uniform and cap.
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Alice Park Fairbrother at graduation from PT school
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Alice Park Fairbrother poses in her Army Medical Specialist Corps dress blue uniform with hat and gloves at her graduation from physical therapist school at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on July 8, 1966. Her uniform bears the sleeve insignia of 2nd lieutenant.
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Alice Park Fairbrother in dress blues
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Alice Park Fairbrother poses in her Army Medical Specialist Corps dress blue uniform with hat, gloves, and purse, circa 1966. Her sleeve insignia bears the rank of 2nd lieutenant. On the back of the photo, she notes that the uniform cost $132.
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Alice Park Fairbrother in field
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Alice Park Fairbrother, in fatigues, lies on her belly behind a bush, circa 1966. A note on the back of the photo reads,"'Combat' Ready!"
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Alice Park Fairbrother receives plaque
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Alice Park Fairbrother is presented the Association of the United States Army Plaque as honor graduate of her Physical Therapist class at their graduation on July 8, 1966. Presenting the award is Colonel Emma E. Vogel (Ret." and looking on is Brigadier General Glenn J. Collins, Commandant of the Medical Field Service School at Brooke Army Medical Center, Texas. Fairbrother wears the Army Medical Specialist Corps dress blue uniform and hat with 2nd lieutenant insignia.
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Oral history interview with Alice Park Fairbrother
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Primarily documents Alice Fairbrother's service in the U.S. Army as a physical therapist from 1965 to 1968, and her experiences as an army wife during the Vietnam War. Alice Fairbrother tells of her early life in Raleigh and her education at Woman's College (now UNCG), particularly campus social regulations and her favorite teachers. She also discusses her decision to join the army's physical therapy program and the rigorous nature of the training school at Fort Sam Houston. " Fairbrother describes treating wounded soldiers from Vietnam at Fort Bragg and Fort Knox, deciding to leave the army when her husband received orders for Vietnam, and her fear for him during the year he was there. She tells of publicly hiding his involvement in the war and of her own resentment towards the antiwar movement. " Other subjects include the civil rights movement, where she was when Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy were assassinated, the women's rights movement, her view on women in combat roles, army benefits, and her work as a teacher's assistant.
