Nina Harmon Collection
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- Letter from Nina Harmon
- Nina Harmon writes to Janet King from Operation Desert Storm discussing the desert landscape, her interactions with local people, and daily life in the Army Nurse Corps. Harmon talks about leading an exercise class and mentions several people she has met in the area.
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- Nina Harmon and other U.S. soldiers in tent on telephones, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon and several other service members, all attired in woodland battle dress uniform, in sand-floored tent with several long tables full of telephones, with a "No Smoking" sign in the foreground. All people in the tent are using telephones. Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Nina Harmon and other army personnel setting up the women's latrine for the 312th Evacuation Hospital, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon and other army personnel setting up the women's latrine for the 312th Evacuation Hospital. The uniforms are the full woodland battle dress uniforms and either boonie hats or patrol caps. Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Nina Harmon attired in woodland battle dress uniform with PASGT helmet, surrounded by sandbags, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon attired in woodland battle dress uniform with PASGT (Personnel Armor System for Ground Troops) helmet, surrounded by a low sandbag structure and using a small shovel, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Nina Harmon humorously posing in latrine, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon, attired in full woodland battle dress uniform with patrol cap, humorously posing on latrine seat. 312th Evacuation Hospital, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Nina Harmon in hospital ward area with patients, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon in hospital ward, working with a patient. Another patient in the foreground is reading a book. Caption reads "20 Mar 91 At back 1/2 of our 40-bed ward. Patient I'm working with has burns." Saudi Arabia, 1991
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- Nina Harmon in tent, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon in a tent living quarters, attired in woodland battle dress uniform trousers and khaki-colored t-shirt. Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Nina Harmon sunbathing, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon sunbathing on what appears to be a hospital cot, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Nina Harmon with several Saudi Arabian children, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon, attired in woodland battle dress uniform and a boonie hat, with several Saudi Arabian children, Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Nina Harmon with two young Saudi Arabians, Saudi Arabia
- Nina Harmon, attired in chocolate chip battle dress uniform with boonie hat, with two young Saudi Arabians. Saudi Arabia, 1991
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- Oral history interview with Nina Harmon
- Documents Nina Harmon's early life growing up Missouri, Idaho, Iowa, and North Carolina, her time in the service starting with a United States Army nursing program in college in 1970, her completion of active duty service in 1977, and her work with the United States Reserves until her retirement in 1998. Harmon's involvement with Operation Desert Storm and Operation Desert Shield are also discussed. Harmon recalls her early life growing up in Missouri, Idaho, and Iowa before moving to North Carolina and Virginia with her family for her father's civilian job with the army. She discusses admiration for her mother and father, as well as her inspiration for wanting to join the Army Nurse Corps. Harmon recalls attending Walter Reed Army Medical Center for nursing training, where she was exposed to Operation Desert Storm veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, as well as basic training at Fort Sam Houston in Texas, and receiving orders to Moncrief Army Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina. She also mentions the activation of her unit to Saudi Arabia, the difficulty of leaving her family, and her sons' reactions to her deployment. Personal topics include her attendance of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she met her husband, leaving active duty in 1977 because she was pregnant and did not feel raising a family was accordant with serving in the army; and later joining the reserves after her first son was born in order to keep up her connection with the army. Harmon also discusses meaningful interactions with instructors who were Vietnam veterans, as well as gender tensions within the army and Army Nurse Corps.
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- Photograph of 312th Evacuation Hospital flag, Saudi Arabia
- Photograph of a grey, fringed flag printed with "Desert Shield 312th Evacuation Hospital 'Saudi Duty Time'" Background appears to be sandy ground, sandbags, and tent material. Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Piedmont reservists head for deployment
- Newspaper article from the Greensboro News and Record entitled "Piedmont reservists head for deployment" by Bernie Woodall, with photography by Jerry Wolford. The article mentions the deployment of the 312th Evacuation Hospital, and specifically Nina Harmon's deployment, including a quote from her 12 year old son and a photograph captioned "Maj. Nina Harmon of Greensboro kisses her husband, Henry, goodbye before leaving."
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- Plywood sign for 312th Evacuation Hospital, Saudi Arabia
- Plywood sign for 312th Evacuation Hospital. Sign reads "312th Sick Call 138th #9 LBE-MSR-Green" in red, and "Closed" in black. Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Saudi duty time/America's role
- A printed sheet with a song about military duty in Saudi Arabia, along with a small newspaper clipping from a Letters to the Editor section regarding the U.S.'s role in the Middle East at the time.
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- Side view of a long U.S. Army tent, Saudi Arabia
- Side view of a long U.S. Army tent, with what may be more tent equipment in the foreground. Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- Tall wooden cross with unidentified army nurse standing next to it, Saudi Arabia
- Tall wooden cross supported by sandbags with U.S. Army nurse standing next to it, attired in civilian clothes and chocolate chip pattern uniform boonie hat, reading from a book. Saudi Arabia, 1991.
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- This cold shower brings gulps in gulf
- A newspaper article from the Greensboro News and Record entitled "This cold shower brings gulps in gulf" by Nina Harmon, including a photo of her. The article discusses showering conditions for troops deployed in Operation Desert Storm/Desert Shield.
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- U.S. Army service members with "Operation Desert Farewell, Farewell To America's Finest" sign
- U.S. Army service members with "Operation Desert Farewell, Farewell To America's Finest" sign.
