Margaret May memoir, 2002 December 19

File — Box: 25, Folder: 12

Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 5 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 1 File 629

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Donated to the Nurses at War Project, contains a memoir of Margaret May, who served as a nurse in the U.S. Navy during World War II from 1942 to 1945. Talks about going to nursing school and all of the work that involved. Talks about joining the Navy and taking care of wounded soldiers from the Pacific. Describes how doctors took care of their burn patients- by placing maggots on the wounds for several days to eat the dead skin. Discusses the psychiatric training that she received and recalls one young man who she helped in overcoming depression. Talks about being sent to San Francisco, meeting her husband there, and moving down to San Diego. Talks about her career as an occupational nurse, which was new at the time. Finally discusses her feelings about serving in the Navy and the dropping of the atomic bombs in Japan. Dated December 19, 2002.

Dates

2002 December 19

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.