Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Uniform |
Catalog Number |
2002.46.2 |
Date |
ca. 1970 |
Material(s) |
Polyester; cotton; |
Description |
This is a woman's U.S. Army Class B nurse's uniform. Part (a) is a jacket. It is hip length in green stripes in army shade 160. The jacket is single breasted and unlined. It has a small rounded open collar and short cuffed sleeves. It has sewn-down shoulder loops and slanted hip pockets. It has a front closure with four buttons. The collar and cuffs are trimmed with dark green polyester edge braid. Part (b) is a six-gore skirt in green stripes in army shade 160. It has a concealed side closure on the left side. It has a sewn-on waistband with a single-button left-side closure. |
Notes |
Frankie Zalaznik, a native of Pennsylvania, has lived in Lexington since the late 1970s. She joined the military in 1969 to pay for her education and to see the world. She joined the U.S. Student Nurse Corp while still a student at Liliane S. Kaufmann School of Nursing in Pittsburgh, PA. When she graduate in 1970 she was stationed at Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington D.C. While here she treated many wounded soldiers from Vietnam. On 11/4/1971 she shipped out to Vietnam and was stationed in the central highlands for 2 1/2 months with the 14th Medical Detachment, Pleiku. The rest of her tour was at 95th Evac Hospital, DaNang, the original China Beach. She captured images of her experiences in a photo album which has been copied by KHS. An oral history recorded 1/2003 with Zalaznik refers to many of the images. After her tour she was stationed at Kimbrough Army Hospital, Fort Mead, Maryland until Nov. of 1973. After Vietnam she had many personal struggles associated with her time in Vietnam & difficulty adjusting to normal life again. She got out of the military and worked as a nurse in several hospitals. In 3/1980 she joined the KY National Guard 475th Combat Support Hospital with the rank of 1st Lt-Captain. In 1984 she graduated from UK with a BSN and was promoted to the rank of Captain, Major. On 11/11/1991 she was ordered to active duty in support of Operation Desert Shield with the Rank of Major. While serving in Desert Storm she was constantly being moved to different staging areas including Camp Roosevelt, Camp Echo and what has been called the Pipeline Road. Her unit went to Iraq three times to set up a hospital. On March 10, 1991 the nerve agents sarin and cyclosarin were released into the air when American troops were destroying enemy rockets and her unit was exposed to low levels of nerve agents. In Aug. of 2002, after 26 years of service, she retired from the military with the rank of Ltc. |
Collection |
Franketta R. Zalaznik Collection |
People |
Zalaznik, Franketta R. |
Subjects |
Women Military personnel Military officers Military uniforms Nurses |
Search Terms |
Uniforms United States Army 475th MASH Desert Storm Military, Women Vietnam War |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |