]> wv_0269 Finding Aid for the Carrie Radnik Collection, 1942 - 1945, 2003 Processed by: Elizabeth Carmichael; machine-readable finding aid created by: Elizabeth Carmichael The University of North Carolina at Greensboro 2004

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: November 2004 Description is in English Finding Aid for the Carrie Radnik Collection, 1942 - 1945, 2003 WV-0269 The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Descriptive Summary Women Veterans Historical Collection Radnik, Carrie Carrie Radnik Collection, 1942 - 1945, 2003 #WV-0269 Material in English 0.04 linear feet 5 items For current information on the location of these materials, please consult University Archives & Manuscripts. Carrie Radnik of Montrose, Alabama, served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Collection includes oral history interview and photographs from Radnik's service with the Army Nurse Corps in Louisiana and in Australia and New Guinea in the early 1940s. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Copyright Notice

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Carrie Radnik Collection, #WV-0269, Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.

Interview with Carrie Radnik by Eric Elliott on January 14, 2003, Carrie Radnik Collection, #WV-0269, Women Veterans Historical Collection, Jackson Library, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

 Acquisitions Information

Gift of Carrie and Martin Radnik of Greensboro, North Carolina, on January 14, 2003.

Processing Information

Processed by Elizabeth Carmichael, August 2004

Encoded by Elizabeth Carmichael, November 2004

 Biographical Note

Carrie Radnik, 1943-44

Carrie Gammel Radnik was born in Montrose, Arkansas, on May 14, 1919. She graduated from high school in 1937 and then entered a three-year nurse's training program at Touro Infirmary in New Orleans. Radnik joined the Army Nurse Corps in May 1942 and attended basic training at Camp Livingston in Alexandria, Louisiana. One year later she was called for overseas service and transported to Australia, where she worked at the 42nd General Hospital in Brisbane. By the fall of 1943, Radnik was transferred to the 87th Station Hospital in Doba Dura, New Guinea. She remained in New Guinea until August 1944. She married Martin Radnik in November 1944 and was discharged from the service in March 1945. After raising a family, Radnik returned to nursing on a hospital ward.

 Collection Overview

Collection includes oral history interview and photographs from Radnik's World War II service with the Army Nurse Corps in Louisiana and in Australia and New Guinea.

 Organization of the Collection Series 1. Oral History, 2003 Series 2. Photographs, 1943-44 Detailed Description of the Collection Series 1. Oral History, 2003 1 Sound Recording 2 Transcript Series 2. Photographs, 1943-44 3 Photographs, 1943-44 Online Catalog Headings

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