MF144 Women in the Military
Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Carol Toner, Mazie Hough
Interview date
8-16-2000
Interview location
Northeast Harbor, Maine
Time
00:54:30
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Abstract
Louine Lunt Peck, interviewed by Carol Toner and Mazie Hough, August 16, 2000, at her home in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Peck talks about serving as a Second Lieutenant as a nurse in the Navy Nurses Corps from 1938 to 1941; serving in the Army Nurses Corps from 1943 to 1945; serving on the USAHS Acadia, which sailed to the Bay of Naples and Normandy. Text: 53 pp. transcript. Time: 01:34:39.
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Disciplines
Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History
Birth date
February 22, 1908
Location
Pembroke, Washington County, Maine
Death date
May 28, 2001
Location
Northeast Harbor, Hancock County, Maine
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
European-American
Occupation
Registered Nurse
Civic groups
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Branch of service
U.S. Army
Service Unit
USAHS John J. Meany, July 27, 1944-February 3, 1945; USAHS Acadia, March 15, 1945-July 25, 1945
Dates of service
Navy Nurse Corps, January 1, 1938-June 26, 1941; Army Nurse Corps, November 13, 1943-October 17, 1945
Date of entry
January 1, 1938
Service entry
Commissioned
Location of Service
Africa; Mediterranean; Adriatic; Sicily; Italy; France; Apennines; Rhineland
Awards & Ribbons
Army Meritorious Unit Commendation at Casablanca; European African Middle East Campaign Medal
Wars & Conflicts
World War II
Entry Rank
O-1 2nd Lieutenant
Highest Rank
O-2 1st Lieutenant
Exit Rank
O-2 1st Lieutenant
Names
Kathi Jackson; Mary Rockefeller; General Ross T. MacIntyre; President Roosevelt; Evelyn Lunt; Second Lieutenant Meese; General Scott; Helen Flanagan [friend]; Evelyn Maynard [friend]; Truman; Nathaniel Benchly
Locations
Africa; Mediterranean; Adriatic; Sicily; Italy; France; Apennines; Rhineland; Pembroke, Maine; Mount Desert Island, Maine; Calais, Maine; Pearl Harbor; Hershey, Pennsylvania; Fort Mead, Maryland; Ellsworth, Maine; Allentown, Pennsylvania; Staten Island; STraits of Gibraltar; Hiroshima; Palermo; Orangeburg, New York; New Jersey; Newark; Bloomfield; Long Island; Syracuse, New York
Headings
Women in the Military; Mustard Gas training; POW uniforms; Physical training; Hospital ships; DDT exposure
Collection name
Women in the Military
Collection number
MF144
Item number
NA3221
Recommended Citation
Lunt Connor Peck, Louine, "Louine Lunt Peck, interviewed by Carol Toner and Mazie Hough, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 34.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/34
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