Wilma Murray interview

Creator:
Virginia Military Institute. Adams Center for Military History
Extent:
2 items
Language:
English
Biographical / historical:

Wilma Murray joined the United States Army Nurse Corps in 1941. After stateside training, she shipped overseas to England. She subsequently was deployed to Normandy and landed on Omaha Beach 10 days after D-Day. Murray served in evacuation hospitals attached to the 1st Army, treating the wounded as the troops fought through France and Belgium. At the end of the War, she was in Germany where she cared for tuberculosis patients in the liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.

Physical facet:
Transcript (13 pages) and audio (duration 00:02:09)

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
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