Martha Boger Collection

Captain Martha Boger receiving a commendation
Captain Martha Boger, on left, receives congratulations and a letter of appreciation at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, from Brigadier General James P. Cooney, commanding officer of the Medical Field Service School, for her outstanding services as a physical therapist at the school, 1955.
Oral history interview with Martha M. Boger
Documents Martha Boger's attendance at Woman's College during the Depression, her Women's Army Corps (WAC) basic training in 1945; and her experiences as a physical therapist in the Army Medical Specialist Corps for the following twenty years. Boger recalls attending Woman's College during the Depression and describes the campus, student social activities, local transportation, the impact of the Depression on the school, and various campus personalities. She briefly discusses her career as a physical education teacher before the war; her recruitment into the army's physical therapy program; and her basic training as a WAC in Des Moines, Iowa. " Boger also describes in detail her training and activities as a physical therapist in the Army Medical Specialist Corps at various duty stations, including at West Point during the visit of dignitaries and in Munich during the Berlin airlifts. Other topics include Boger's life after the army, anecdotes about friends and social life in the army, and a 1945 trip to a gold mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado.