Sue Lamm-Gurley 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?: This collection has not yet been digitized.
Where can I find more information?: https://uncg.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/1292
What's in the full collection?: August 2022 oral history transcript, photographs, newspaper clipping, uniform and nurse's cap, family geneology book
Full biography: Sue Lamm Gurley (b. 1948), of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a nurse with the Air Force Nurse Corps from 1970-1972. Sue Lamm-Gurley was born 1 August 1948 in Wilson County, North Carolina. She grew up on a farm that sold tobacco and cotton and graduated from high school in 1966. After high school, Lamm-Gurley went to Wilson School for Nursing. She graduated in 1969, became a registered nurse (RN) and then immediately joined the U.S. Air Force. Lamm-Gurley went to Shepard Air Force Base, Texas in January 1970 for officer training. Then she assigned to David Grant Air Force Base, California at the female surgical ward where she worked as a RN and was a postop nurse. In March 1971, Lamm-Gurley assigned to go to Vietnam. She was stationed in Da Nang, Vietnam with the 366th USAF Dispensary where she mainly dealt with minor injuries. She also worked in the 22nd Aeromedical Staging Flight where soldiers would go when they needed to be medevaced out. Lamm-Gurley move between these two places during her stint in Vietnam. After being discharged in 1972 she went on to work in the Veterans Administration for over 30 years before retiring in 2003.
Topics: Women's History
Military
Schools and Colleges
Branch of service: Air Force -- Air Force Nurse Corps
Conflict: Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Subject headings: Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States. Air Force
Contributing Institution: Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries

: Ambulance; Ambulance in Vietnam

: American Servicemen in Vietnam; American Servicemen and Vietmanese children.

: Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in Da Nang; Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. (wearing hat with U.S. Army Infantry insignia) mingling with servicemembers during his 1972 USO tour. Lamm-Gurley leans against the wall on the right below the "nurses only" sign.

: Oral history interview with Sue Lamm-Gurley; Sue Lamm-Gurley documents her career in the Air Force Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War. She talks about her schooling in nursing before joining the Air Force. Lamm-Gurley goes into detail about the political and social climate around the Vietnam War and the treatment of the veterans after the war. She also talks about Agent Orange and the effects that she has seen over time.

: Sue Lamm-Gurley; Sue-Lamm Gurley in her dress uniform

: Sue Lamm-Gurley at the beach in Vietnam; U.S. Air Force Nurse Sue Lamm-Gurley on the beach at probably Da Nang, Vietnam

: Sue Lamm-Gurley holding a Vietnamese child; Caption on back: "This is one of our Medcaps. the kid is not crying because I am holding him, the dentist had just numbed his mouth. He was ready to get out! Sue in center.

: Sue Lamm-Gurley holding a bowling trophy; Sue Lamm-Gurley at the MAC Bowling Tournament at McGuire Air Force base, New Jersey in April 1970.

: Sue Lamm-Gurley in Da Nang, Vietnam; Sue Lamm-Gurley poses on the summit of a hill.

: Sue Lamm-Gurley poses on Monkey Mountain/ Sơn Trà Mountain; Caption on back: "This is a picture taken up on monkey mountain. Below is the city of Da Nang and beyond that, the base. The South China Sea is the water. It's a beautiful view from up there. Sue in Service.

: Sue Lamm-Gurley shaking hands with Lieutenant General Towner; At the Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California.

: Sue Lamm-Gurley sits on a beach in Da Nang, Vietnam; Caption on back: "This is my work uniform. Anytime we left base we had to wear our uniform, thus we wore our bathing suits underneath. Sue."

: Sue Lamm-Gurley wearing VFW cap; Sue Lamm-Gurley, officer of the VFW post 10607 in Burlington, North Carolina.

: Sue Lamm-Gurley, an unnamed Air Force Colleague, and Tran; Sue Lamm-Gurley, an unnamed Air Force Colleague, and Tran, at the 366th USAF Dispensary/22nd Aeromedical evacuation Da Nang, Vietnam