"I'd do it all over again in a minute, but it was because I was a nurse to start with and ... I enjoyed being a nurse." (Audio interview, Tape 2, 6:40)

Catherine E. Neville

Catherine Neville, circa 1944 War: World War II, 1939-1946; Korean War, 1950-1955; Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Branch: Army Nurse Corps Service Location: England; Chicago, Illinois; Fort Devens, Camp Edwards and Waltham, Massachusetts; San Francisco, California; Osaka and Tokyo, Japan; Fort Lee, Virginia; San Antonio, Texas; Germany; Fort Jay, New York; Seoul, Korea; European Theater Rank: Major Place of Birth: Bedford, MA

An Army nurse in two wars, Catherine Neville saw the effects of combat on more than one generation of soldiers and sailors. She was stationed in England during the Normandy Invasion and its aftermath, and she treated frostbitten and wounded Korean War soldiers in San Francisco, Osaka, and Tokyo hospitals. Her care extended beyond medicine, to what she saw as the neglect of Korean and Vietnam veterans.