Patricia Corrigan Mello oral history interview transcript, February 1978.

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Patricia Corrigan Mello oral history interview transcript, February 1978.

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Interviewed by Women Airforce Service Pilot Ann Lesnikowski, class of 44-W-2. Mello describes her experiences while in training including survival training. Recounts her experiences while in service during the air evacuation of the wounded at Normandy, France in 1944; treatment techniques, types of wounds and interventions; advantages and challenges of nursing while in flight.

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Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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Texas Woman's University Library, Mary Evelyn Blagg-Huey Library

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Served in the American Red Cross Army Nurse Corps as a flight nurse. From the description of Patricia Corrigan Mello oral history interview transcript, February 1978. (Texas Woman's University Library). WorldCat record id: 79651002 ...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...