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1LT Marion K. Brozon Oral History
Publication date: 17 July 2024
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title:
1LT Marion K. Brozon Oral History
creator:
Brozon, Marion K. (1922 May 31 - )
subject:
Army Nurse Corps
description:
Marion Brozon was born on May 31, 1922 in Glendale, New York. In 1944, she tried to join the Navy but they wouldn’t take her, so she enlisted in the Army Nurse Corps instead. Looking back on it, Brozon was glad this is how it worked out, because the Navy women didn’t go anywhere outside the United States. After training, she was stationed at Camp Lucky Strike, which was a camp for repatriated American military personnel in Le Havre, France. Most of the people they treated were pilots, navigators, and bombardiers who needed physical, nutritional, and emotional care while there before being shipped back to the United States. One of the toughest parts of their care was ensuring they didn’t eat too large of meals initially, which would’ve set them back in their recovery from malnutrition and starvation. She was stationed here on V-E Day, and they had subsequently received orders to go to the Pacific. They were still in Marseille, France, however, on V-J Day, so 48 hours from Boston then were diverted back to the United States. Brozon continued serving stateside until her discharge in 1949 with the rank of 1st Lieutenant. For her service, she was awarded an American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal, and World War II Victory Medal. No transcript of this interview is currently available.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Anton, Josephine
date:
2005-11-01
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
116; 2005.116
source:
CLIR - Recordings at Risk
language:
English
relation:
012715
coverage:
World War II (1939-1945) | 1944-49
rights:
Unrestricted