Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Audio Recording Ruth Deloris Buckley Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Unit of Service: 95th Evacuation Hospital, 5th Army
- Location of Service: North Africa; Italy; France; Germany; United States; European Theater
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/24232
Deloris Buckley always seemed to be in the center of the action wherever she went as a nurse working in the European Theater of World War II. On the way from Africa to Italy, her ship was sunk by a German bomber who ignored the giant red crosses painted on the vessel's side and deck. Buckley and her fellow nurses took to the lifeboats and were picked up by a British destroyer. On a beach in Italy, another bomber dropped his payload in an effort to avoid a pursuing plane, and Buckley was severely wounded by shrapnel. After convalescing, she went right back into the fray, finishing out her service in the relative calm of liberated France.
Ruth Deloris Buckley Collection
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Title
- Ruth Deloris Buckley Collection
Names
- Fast, Richard C.
- Buckley, Ruth Deloris
Home State
- Minnesota
Headings
- - Buckley, Ruth Deloris
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army Nurse Corps.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Female
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Nurse Corps
- Unit of Service: 95th Evacuation Hospital, 5th Army
- Location of Service: North Africa; Italy; France; Germany; United States; European Theater
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Dates of Service: 1940-1946
- Entrance into Service: Enlisted
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 1944-05-04; 2012-02-27)
- Photograph: Digital print [1 item] -- Photograph (collected 1945-02-02)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1944)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 1944-05-04)
- Manuscript: Military papers (orders, personnel/201 files, etc) [2 items] -- Typewritten document (collected 1944)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- (collected 1944)
- Manuscript: Civilian papers (certificates, forms, wills, etc) [7 items] -- Typewritten document (collected unknown)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Radio broadcast (collected 1944-05-04)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/24232
Cite as
- Ruth Deloris Buckley Collection (AFC/2001/001/24232), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- audio
- image