Bernice B. McCormack Collection

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Who's responsible?: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries (Repository)
How much has been digitized?: Only a part of this collection has been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1308
What's in the full collection?: Overseas duty ribbon; Army Nurse Corps olive drab garrison cap with gold and black piping and rank and caduceus, circa 1943; Army Nurse Corps brown and white striped seersucker army nurse cap laced and tied in the back, circa 1945; Diary of Bernice 1942-44; copy of Bernice in official military portrait photograph, 1945; Immunization register, 1943; newspaper clipping on Army Nurse Corps assignment 1942-1948; Typewritten memoir on service during WWII, 10 pages, written in 2000 at age 85.
Full biography: Bernice Bauks McCormack (1914-2007) of Marlboro, Massachusetts, was stationed in Africa while serving with the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Bernice B. McCormack of Marlboro, Massachusetts, was born on 14 March 1914. She attended nursing school at Symmes Arlington Hospital and then worked in the operating room of Marlboro Hospital. She joined the Army Nurse Corps in March 1942, and was stationed at Fort Adams and Fort Getty in Rhode Island until December 1942 when she was transferred to Charleston, SC, for overseas training. McCormack set sail later that month, with stops in Cuba, Trinidad, and Ascension Island before reaching Ghana on 12 January 1943. On March 7 when she was transferred to Dakar, Senegal, where she remained until February 1944. McCormack was transferred to Camp Huckstep outside Cairo, Egypt, following a brief stay in Casablanca, Morrocco. She returned to the United States via a hospital ship out of Oran, Algeria, and was assigned to troop trains transporting wounded soldiers out of New York. She was later honorably discharged at Greensboro, N.C. Bernice McCormack passed away on 24 September 2007.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Branch of service: Army -- Army Nurse Corps
Conflict: World War II era (1940-1946)
Subject headings: World War, 1939-1945
United States. Army--Women
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Army Nurse Corps olive drab garrison cap; Army Nurse Corps olive drab garrison cap with gold and black piping, with rank insignia on left front flap and caduceus on right front flap. This cap worn by Bernice McCormack during World War II.

: Army Nurse Corps seersucker cap; Army Nurse Corps brown and white striped seersucker army nurse cap laced and tied in the back. Worn with brown and white seersucker hospital uniform. This cap worn by Bernice McCormack in the 1940s.

: Diary of Bernice B. McCormack; Bernice McCormack served as a nurse in the Army Nurse Corps during the Second World War. She was stationed in West and North Africa during the conclusion of the Allied North African Campaign. The diary spans the period from December 5, 1942 to May 5, 1944. " The diary primarily documents McCormack's day to day activities during the war. It contains a detailed account of an eventful naval voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Dakar, Senegal; it details the difficulties encountered by army nurses operating in Africa; provides descriptions of McCormack's battles with malaria and other tropical diseases; and gives an account of McCormack's transfer to Cairo, Egypt. Additionally, McCormack's dairy gives detailed descriptions of various African cities, Germany's surrender in Africa, and a trip to Jerusalem.

: Portrait of Bernice B. McCormack; Portrait of Army Nurse Bernice B. McCormack taken in April 1945.

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