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Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection

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Estelle Garner Ptaszynski (1917-2006) of Seagrove, North Carolina, a member of the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) from 1943 to 1945. She also served as a surgical nurse for many years at hospitals in Connecticut and North Carolina. Estelle Garner Ptaszynski was born on 7 December, 1917, in Seagrove, North Carolina. She attended Elsie Academy in Robbins, North Carolina, and Campbell College in Buies Creek, North Carolina. She graduated from nurse's training at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1940 and became a surgical nurse in the hospital's operating room. In January 1943 Ptaszynski joined the Army Nurse Corps. She spent eight months at Camp Butner near Durham, North Carolina, and then went to Fort Bragg in North Carolina and Fort Kilmer in New Jersey for overseas [...] Read more

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1.	Estelle Garner Ptaszynski in Southampton Estelle Garner Ptaszynski sits on an iron fence on a day off in Southampton, England, 1943. 1943 \| Image \| Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
2.	Estelle Ptaszynski in front of Miramar sign Estelle Ptaszynski in front of Miramar sign, undated. 1950 \| Image \| Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
3.	Army nurses in the snow Estelle Garner Ptaszynski (center) and four other Army Nurse Corps members stand outside the field hospital in England on a snowy day, 1943-1945. Garner is wearing the Ar[...] 1944 \| Image \| Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
4.	Medical staff outside field hospital Estelle Garner Ptaszynski and other staff of the 305th Station Hospital stand outside of the operation building in England, 1943-1945. 1944 \| Image \| Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
5.	Operating room staff on D-Day Estelle Garner Ptaszynski (left) and other medical staff stand above a patient in an operating room of the 305th Station Hospital on D-Day, June 6, 1944. The nurses are w[...] 1944-06-06 \| Image \| Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
6.	Tent Quarters of the 305th Station Hospital Nurse Helen Savage (in image on right) and nurses of the 305th Station Hospital (image on left with Ptaszynski in the center of the group) pose in front of the tents in S[...] 1944 \| Image \| Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
7.	Nurses in field uniforms in Burford, England Estelle Garner Ptaszynski and other female army personnel wearing the field uniform and helmet use barrels to wash and rinse their mess gear in Burford, England, in May 1[...] 1944-05 \| Image \| Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
8.	Oral history interview with Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Primarily documents Estelle Ptaszynski's nurses training; service in England with the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) during World War II; and personal life and nursing career aft[...] 1999-02-05 \| Audio \| Estelle Garner Ptaszynski Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records

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