Marie S. Senzig Collection

Group photograph of Camp Lejeune navy nurses
Marie S. Senzig, fourth from left, is seen here posing with other United States Navy nurses at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. They are wearing their Full Dress Blue uniforms.
Oral history interview with Marie S. Senzig
Primarily documents the life of Marie Senzig and her twenty-eight years of military service with the United States Navy Nurse Corps. Senzig discusses growing up in rural Wisconsin with seven brothers and five sisters, her lifelong interest of becoming a nurse, and her decision to join the United States Navy Nurse Corps. She describes the difficulty of transitioning into the military, the positions she held at various duty stations throughout the world, and the different challenges she faced at each location. Senzig recounts being only the second nurse to attend Catholic University of America, the changes in military culture and nursing techniques over the years, the confidence she gained from being in the service, and her easy transition into retirement in 2008.
Photograph of Marie S. Senzig
This photograph was taken in San Diego and shows Marie S. Senzig during her promotion to O-6 in May 2003. She is wearing her United States Navy White Uniform.
Photograph of Marie S. Senzig
Marie S. Senzig is seen here, on right, during a Commissioning Ceremony on the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia. She is wearing her Full Dress White uniform.
Photograph of Marie S. Senzig
Marie S. Senzig is seen here, on right, with Captain Nancy Simmons, wearing their Dinner Dress Blue uniforms.