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Lt Col Frances Pettiford Thorp, USAF NC Ret. SAFN Oral History
Publication date: 20 August 2024
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title:
Lt Col Frances Pettiford Thorp, USAF NC Ret. SAFN Oral History
creator:
Thorp, Frances Pauline (Pettiford) (1915 July 4 - )
subject:
Army Nurse Corps | Air Force Nurse Corps
description:
This is the video interview recorded by the Society of Air Force Nurses. Frances P. Thorp was born on July 4, 1915 in Greensboro, North Carolina. She joined the Army Nurse Corps in June 1938, and her first station was at Walter Reed General Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland. She continued to serve stateside until 1944, when she became a flight nurse and served in the China-Burma-India theater until the war ended in 1945. She then worked as a flight nurse instructor until 1949, transferring to the Air Force Nurse Corps and attending the University of Minnesota, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing in 1951. After serving stateside for another 3 years, she served in Germany from 1954 to 1957, Puerto Rico from 1957 to 1959, and Alaska from 1959 until her retirement in 1966. When she left the service Thorp had reached the rank of lieutenant colonel, and for her service she was awarded an Army Commendation Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Air Force Longevity Service Award, National Defense Service Medal with a star, and Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Unknown
date:
2007-09-03
type:
Moving Image
format:
DVD-R
identifier:
1231; 2005.1231
source:
SAFN | CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
047089
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | Korean War (1950-1953) | Vietnam War (1964-1975) | 1938-66
rights:
Unrestricted