Biographical Information

Name:

Regina H. Schiffman

Date of Birth:

1924

Place of Birth:

Philadelphia, PA

Gender:

Female

Race:

White

Home State:

TX

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War or Conflict:

Korean War, 1950-1955

Status:

Veteran

Dates of Service:

1949-1970

Branch of Service:

Army Nurse Corps

Location of Service:

Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), Fort Sam Houston, Texas; Letterman General Hospital, San Francisco, California; Valley Forge General Hospital, Pennsylvania; 8063 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), Korea; Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland; Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington, DC; Landstuhl and Frankfurt, Germany; Japan; Fort Benning, Georgia

Highest Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Prisoner of War:

No

Service Related Injury:

No

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War or Conflict:

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

Status:

Veteran

Prisoner of War:

Unknown

Service Related Injury:

Unknown

Collection Information

Type of Resource:

Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] --Oral history interview

Manuscript: Correspondence [2 items] --Typewritten document

Manuscript: Transcript [2 items] --Transcription of audio recording

Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [9 items] --Photographs

Audio: CD [1 item] --Reference copy

Computer File: CD [1 item] --Electronic file of interview transcript

Interviewer:

Ruth F. Stewart 

Donor:

Ruth F. Stewart

Donor Affiliation/Organization:

Women's Overseas Service League, San Antonio Unit

Collection #:

AFC/2001/001/41229

Subjects:

Schiffman, Regina
Korean War, 1950-1955 -- Personal Narratives
United States. Army Nurse Corps.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal Narratives

Cite as:

Regina Schiffman Collection (AFC/2001/001/41229), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress