MF144 Women in the Military
Document Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Melissa Piselli
Interview date
2-22-2005
Interview location
South Portland, Maine
Time
00:38:14
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Abstract
Agnes E. Flaherty, interviewed by Melissa Piselli, February 22 and April 26, 2005, South Portland, Maine. Flaherty, born in Portland, Maine, talks about her parents, Anna and Mark Flaherty; her family’s involvement in nursing; enlisting in the military during WWII as a nurse in the Army Air Core; working out of Grenier Field in Manchester, New Hampshire; her experiences and favorite memories as a flight nurse; early medications; experiences with the Women’s Army Core (WAC); patriotism during WWII; serving in the Pacific as a flight nurse; working out of Hickam Air Field in Oahu, Hawaii; relationship between nurses and doctors then and now; G.I.’s teasing the nurses; transporting psychiatric patients; landings at Tarawa and Canto; experiences with patients suffering from head trauma; Elaine McCarty, a nurse during the Vietnam War; working at Maine Medical Center and Mercy Hospital; serving as president of the Maine State Nurses Assoc.; how nursing has changed since. Also included: WWII Flight Nurses Association Pamphlet; reservation request form for World War II Flight Nurses Association; mailed article “No Time for Fear”; pamphlet. Text: 33 pp. transcript, 3 pp. index, summary for interview #2, 38 pp. supplemental content. Time: 01:04:38
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Disciplines
Military History | Oral History | United States History | Women's History
Birth date
November 21, 1919
Location
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
Death date
September 20, 2008
Location
Scarborough, Cumberland County, Maine
Nation of origin
United States
Home state/Territory
Maine
Gender
Female
Ethnicity
European-American
Ethnic group
Irish-American
Occupation
Assistant Director of Nursing Education at Mercy Hospital; Executive Director of the Maine State Board of Nursing; Vice President of Nursing Eastern Maine Medical Center
Civic groups
Maine State Nurses' Association, the Maine Medical Board of Corporators, the Medical Care Development Board of Corporators, the Altrusa Club of Biddeford-Saco, and the Hospital Volunteers of Saco Valley; World War II Flight Nurses Association
Branch of service
U.S. Army
Service Unit
Women's Army Corps.; 1125th U.S. Army Hospital (Reserve), Auburn, Maine
Dates of service
April 1942-September 1945
Date of entry
April 6, 1942
Service entry
Commissioned
Location of Service
Grenier Field in Manchester, New Hampshire; Hickam Air Field, Oahu, Hawaii; Fort Carson, Colorado
Awards & Ribbons
Air Medal
Wars & Conflicts
World War II; Korean War
Entry Rank
O-1 2nd Lieutenant
Highest Rank
O-2 1st Lieutenant
Exit Rank
O-2 1st Lieutenant
Names
Admiral Nimitz; Elaine McCarty
Locations
Maine; Grenier Field in Manchester, New Hampshire; Oahu, Hawaii; Tarawa, Kiribati; New Guinea; Guam; Bowman Field, Kentucky; Philippines; Saipan; Fiji; Canton Island [Kanton]; Funafuti Island; India; Europe; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.
Headings
Women in the Military; Army Flight Nurses; Pacific Theatre
Collection name
Women in the Military
Collection number
MF144
Item number
NA3327
Recommended Citation
Flaherty, Agnes E., "Agnes E. Flaherty, interviewed by Melissa Piselli, Part 1" (2023). MF144 Women in the Military. 80.
https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/80
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