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2nd Lt. Jeanne (Urbin) Markle, shortly after her wedding. Springfield, Ohio. 1966. [detail]

Veterans History Project Service Summary:

  • War or Conflict: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
  • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
  • Unit of Service: 93rd Evacuation Hospital; 24th Evacuation Hospital
  • Location of Service: Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Carson, Colorado; Vietnam
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/3442

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"We ran out of bandages one week and had to use the Stars & Stripes newspaper." (Audio interview, Tape 1, 18:18)

Born, raised, and trained to be a nurse in Indiana, Jeanne Urbin joined the U.S. Army in 1965 as a way of seeing the world. A year later, she got her wish when she married an officer who was about to ship out to Vietnam. The Army needed nurses to go to Southeast Asia, Jeanne didn't want to be separated from her husband Brian, and she soon found herself caring for wounded and ill soldiers in conditions far more primitive than the sterile confines of a Midwestern hospital.

Jeanne A. Markle Collection
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About this Item

Title

  • Jeanne A. Markle Collection

Names

  • Lugar, Richard
  • Markle, Jeanne A.
  • Doud, Mark D.
  • U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar

Home State

  • Florida

Headings

  • -  Markle, Jeanne A.
  • -  Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives
  • -  United States. Army Nurse Corps.

Repository

  • Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Gender

  • Female

Race

  • White

Status

  • veteran

Service History

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

    • Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
    • Unit of Service: 93rd Evacuation Hospital; 24th Evacuation Hospital
    • Location of Service: Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Fort Carson, Colorado; Vietnam
    • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
    • Dates of Service: 1964-1967
    • Military Status: veteran

Materials

  • Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2002-08-21; 2009-08-20)
  • Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 2010)
  • Manuscript: Clippings [4 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1988-1993)
  • Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-08-21)
  • Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [28 items] -- Photograph (collected 1965-1993)

Collection Number

  • AFC/2001/001/3442

Cite as

  • Jeanne A. Markle Collection (AFC/2001/001/3442), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Online Format

  • audio
  • image
  • online text

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Using VHP Material in Publication or Exhibition

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Citing VHP Materials

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Materials as a whole:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Manuscript material:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Memoirs (MS02), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Transcript (MS04), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Correspondence (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Recording:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Audio recording (SR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Video recording (MV01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Photograph:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH01), photographer unknown, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Photographs (PH03-PH14), Ralph Williams photographer, Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Computer file:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Computer file (CF01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Artifact:

  • John P. Snodgrass (AFC 2001/001/[VHP collection]), Artifact (AR01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Lugar, Richard, Jeanne A Markle, Mark D Doud, and U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar. Jeanne A. Markle Collection. 1964. Personal Narrative. https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03442/.

APA citation style:

Lugar, R., Markle, J. A., Doud, M. D. & U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar. (1964) Jeanne A. Markle Collection. [Personal Narrative] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03442/.

MLA citation style:

Lugar, Richard, et al. Jeanne A. Markle Collection. 1964. Personal Narrative. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/afc2001001.03442/>.