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Title	Oral history interview with Rose Delmonico Murphy recorded 2006 May 11
Description	Rose Murphy began her career as a nurse at Yale University Hospital. After Pearl Harbor was bombed and WWII began, she was called into active duty as an army nurse in the Southern Pacific. She received her basic training in California, which lasted about 3-4 weeks, which she described as very difficult, as they were required to do all of the same training as the male soldiers. Murphy was then shipped to New Zealand while her unit awaited the construction of a new hospital on the island of Saipan. Murphy's unit stayed in New Zealand for about a year, where it was very beautiful, but there wasn't much work. Nurses mostly attended to soldiers that had contracted malaria. Murphy would have preferred to attend to wounded soldiers, and inadvertently told General McArthur this in a chance meeting on the base in New Zealand. Murphy's unit, which consisted mostly of doctors and nurses from the Connecticut area, was then transferred to the island of Saipan, where she was promoted to Captain. Murphy said that the conditions in Saipan were much more rigid and difficult than in New Zealand. They were without indoor plumbing, it was oppressively hot, and the ratio of doctors and nurses to patients was much lower there. After two years the war was over and most of her unit was sent home. They were discharged in California, and then bussed home to Connecticut, where there was no reception for their homecoming, which upset the returning nurses. Murphy became a nurse for the phone company when she arrived home, and then later on for Connecticut Hard Rubber. After the war she joined the American Legion, 49th unit, and kept in touch with most of the people whom she worked with overseas through a reunion that they held once a year. Interview conducted by Eileen Hurst.
Coverage	1942-1946
Date Original	05/11/2006
Digital Format	video/x-ms-wmv
Duration	50:37
Contributors	Hurst, Eileen
Software	Windows Media Player required for viewing
Access Restrictions and Permissions	No access restrictions. For permission to reproduce contact Central Connecticut State University, Center for Public Policy and Social Research at (860) 832-2976
Image Identifier	VHP2006/2
Creator/Owner	Murphy, Rose Delmonico
War or Conflict	World War, 1939-1945
Branch of Service	United States. Army Nurse Corps
Unit of Service	Army Nurse Corps
Rank	Captain
Status	Veteran
Subject	Women and the military World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American United States. Army Nurse Corps MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews Military nursing World War, 1939-1945 -- Women
Geographic Location	New Zealand Saipan San Francisco (Calif.)
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University. Center for Public Policy and Social Research
Language	eng
Relation	Veterans History Project (U.S.)
Type of Resource	Moving image
Citation	Rose D. Murphy. Veterans History Project, Central Connecticut State University, Center for Public Policy and Social Research.
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