Interview with Stephanie Lynn Murphy, March 10, 2010
Project: American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project
Interview Summary
Stephanie Murphy joined the Army Reserves in 1998 at seventeen, served as a surgical technologist in the Iraq War, and joined the Air Force as a medic after returning to the United States. In this interview Murphy describes her decision to join the reserves, her experiences in boot camp and training, and being deployed in the middle of her undergraduate studies. She describes her experiences as a surgical technologist in Iraq, speaks specifically about medical practices in emergency situations, and discusses the military before and after 9/11. In addition, Murphy describes challenges she faced coming back to the United States, transitioning to a campus community, and the role of women in the military.Interview Accession
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bootcamp From Combat to Kentucky Higher education military specialization training transitionInterview LC Subject
Ba'qubah (Iraq) Balad (Iraq) Basic training (Military education) College students--Kentucky--Interviews Iraq Iraq War, 2003-2011. Medicine, Military Military service, Voluntary--United States. Murphy, Stephanie Lynn Murphy, Stephanie Lynn--Interviews United States--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc United States. Army--Women University of Kentucky Veterans--Education (Higher)--Kentucky Veterans--Kentucky--Interviews War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 War--Relief of sick and wounded Women soldiersInterview Rights
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Murphy, Stephanie Lynn Interview by Joseph Tyler Gayheart. 10 Mar. 2010. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Murphy, S.L. (2010, March 10). Interview by J. T. Gayheart. American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Murphy, Stephanie Lynn, interview by Joseph Tyler Gayheart. March 10, 2010, American Veterans: From Combat to Kentucky, Student Veteran Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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