Margaret Fay Hopcraft (neé Ahern) as a captain nursing sister 8th Field Ambulance later 1st Australian Field Hospital, South Vietnam 1967-1968, interviewed by Lynn Hemmings

Place	Asia: Vietnam, Phuoc Tuy Province
Accession Number	S01579
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 19 min
Object type	Oral history
Physical description	1/4 inch sound tape reel; AGFA PEM 369; 3 3/4 ips/9.5 cm.s; stereo; 5 inch
Maker	Hopcraft, Margaret Fay Hemmings, Lynn
Place made	Australia: Queensland, Redcliffe
Date made	19 December 1991
Access	Open
Conflict	Vietnam, 1962-1975
Copyright	Item copyright: Unlicensed copyright
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Source credit to	AWM Research Grants Scheme

Description

Joining army; first group of nurses sent to Vietnam; selection procedures; first impressions of hospital in Vietnam; attitude of male army medics to nurses; changes the nurses brought to the hospital; off duty activities; relationship with doctors; US nurses; hours worked; relationships with Australian and US servicemen; camp conditions; going home; memories, reunions; physical effects of service in Vietnam. US nurses; physical effects of service in Vietnam; cancer, agent orange; returning home; alcohol consumption; anti-war movement; personal attitude to Australia's involvement in Vietnam; Anzac Day reunions; nursing career after leaving army.