Interview with Judy Hartline Elbring, June 10, 1985

Project: American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project

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Judy Elbring begins by explaining how she became interested in joining the Army as a nurse. After discussing her training, she describes her arrival in Vietnam and her first assignment at a hospital near Qui Nhon, both in terms of work and social life. She describes her work in two other hospitals, at An Khe and Chu Lai, during her first tour, noting in particular her interactions with North Vietnamese prisoners. She describes her return to her hometown of Paducah, Kentucky and, after two years of continued work as a nurse at Valley Forge General Hospital in Pennsylvania, her decision to return to Vietnam for a second tour. She describes her work during this second tour with terminal patients, her helping her brother to recover from an injury, and changes that had taken place since her first tour. She discusses her life after the war, especially her increasing awareness of political issues related to Vietnam.

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1985oh130_vvk011

Interviewee Name

Judy Hartline Elbring

Interviewer Name

Terry L. Birdwhistell

Interview Date

1985-06-10

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Elbring, Judy Hartline Interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. 10 Jun. 1985. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.

Elbring, J.H. (1985, June 10). Interview by T. L. Birdwhistell. American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.

Elbring, Judy Hartline, interview by Terry L. Birdwhistell. June 10, 1985, American Veterans: Vietnam War Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.





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