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COL Pauline Whitley Hester, USA NC Ret. Oral History
Publication date: 30 April 2026
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title:
COL Pauline Whitley Hester, USA NC Ret. Oral History
creator:
Hester, Pauline (Whitley) and Medlin, Jack
subject:
Army Nurse Corps (ANC)
description:
In-person interview by donor and author Philip Bigler with Jack Medlin and [COL Pauline (Whitley) Hester, USA NC Ret.] Pauline Hester, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, December 6, 1992 | re impressions of First Lieutenant Sharon Lane, people mentioned in Lane's letters from Vietnam, Doctor Marash Saudi Arabian but drafted (chief surgeon at 312th Evacuation Hospital, Chu Lai, Vietnam), visit from actor Ricardo Montalban, military haircuts, travel to Chu Lai, Vietnam, nurses killed in helicopter crash, Lane's injuries on night of death, Hester's tour of Germany to see hospital equipment and procedures there, and rumors of Women's Memorial | labeled Tape 2, but Tape 1 not in Collection | recorded in restaurant: background voices and music, parts of interview skipped. No transcript.
publisher:
Military Women's Memorial Foundation
contributor:
Bigler, Philip
date:
1992-12-06
type:
Audio
format:
Cassette
identifier:
92.02
source:
Philip Bigler Collection, 5507.AV.005 | Interviews conducted by author for the book Hostile Fire: The Life and Death of First Lieutenant Sharon Lane | IMES
language:
English
relation:
41450
coverage:
Vietnam War (1964-1975)
rights:
Transferred by deed of gift.