Texas Tech University

Interview with Peggy Mikelonis

Oral History Item Number: OH0355
Pages
28
Media Type
Oral History
Author(s)
Kara Vuic
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Format
MP3
Time - Hr:Min:Sec
1:09:52
Digitized in HD?
No
Dates
Existence: 22 December 2003
General Note
(USA) Peggy Mikelonis grew up and attended nursing school in Des Moines, Iowa. She joined the Army Nurse Corps through the Student Nurse Program in 1969. After Basic training at Fort Sam Houston and a year stationed at Redstone Arsenal Army Hospital (1970-1971) in Huntsville, Alabama, Peggy volunteered for assignment in Vietnam. She was stationed at the 3rd Surgical Hospital in Binh Thuy from June 1971 to April 1972 where she worked on the Vietnamese Ward and in the Emergency Room. Since 1972, Peggy has worked in the James A. Haley Veterans Hospital in Tampa, Florida.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=OH0355

Citation
Interview with Peggy Mikelonis, OH0355. 22 December 2003, Peggy Mikelonis Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=OH0355, Accessed 15 Mar 2026.

Pub Credit Line
OH0355, Peggy Mikelonis Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 12 May 2004 [Updated: 31 Jan 2008]