Kim Wolkowski interview, 2003-2004

File — Box: 22, Folder: 14

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 15 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 1 File 564

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

Materials contain a transcribed interview with Kim Wolkowski regarding service as a nurse in the U.S. Army during the Gulf War from 1990-1991. Interview was conducted as part of the Nurses at War Project. Talks about joining the National Guard in 1969, training, and education. Also talks about his wife and the difficulty she had letting him serve in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. Discusses his assignment as a magician/entertainer for the troops and his feelings about departing, thinking that he would never return home. Recalls instances when his village in Ashcans was attacked by Iraqi missiles and saved by Patriot missiles. Discusses the importance of his religion and meditation in handling the stress of war. Dated 2003-2004.

Dates

2003-2004

Conditions Governing Access

Open for public research.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Saints at War Project records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Coordinating Committee.