Lucinda Houser-Hess | Oral History

Lucinda Houser-Hess

OH 1233

Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1968-69. Nurses training at Bellevue Hospital, New York City; assignment to the 3rd Field Hospital, Saigon, South Vietnam; Tet Offensive, January-April, 1968; operating room experiences; battle casualties; triage; living accommodations; relations with Vietnamese civilians; treatment of enemy prisoners-of-war; entertainment and recreation; post-Vietnam adjustments.

OH 1188

Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1970-1971. Assignment to Chu Lai; temporary assignment to the 91st Evacuation Hospital at An Khe; TDY in Korea; combat experiences at An Khe and Da Nang; permanent assignment to Chu Lai; treatment of wounded troops; relationship between doctors and nurses; morale problems; recreation; treatment of wounded enemy soldiers; personal attitudes toward the war; return to the States on thirty-day leave; post-Vietnam adjustments.

OH 1191

Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1970-71; assignment to the 24th Evacuation Hospital; base entertainment; recreation off-base; his being awarded the Bronze Star; relationship between doctors and nurses; morale; getting leave to come home to attend family wedding; contacts with Vietnamese civilians; attitudes toward the war; post-Vietnam adjustments.

OH 1197

Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1969-70. Assignment to an Army hospital in Saigon; personal living accommodations and creature comforts; hospital facilities; relationship between doctors and nurses; work schedules; alcohol abuse by military personnel; drug problems; off-duty activities; rest and recuperation trip to Hawaii; relations with Vietnamese civilians in Saigon; post-Vietnam adjustments.

OH 1194

Anesthetist. His experiences as an Army nurse in Vietnam, 1972-73. Assignment to the 3rd Field Hospital, Saigon; activities while providing immunization shots to Vietnamese orphans; social life and living conditions; Vietnamization of the war; effect of Vietnam experience on his later life.