Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Murphy, May 30, 1977 Page: 38
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38But our social life became very cramped. Of course,
they told us then we'd have to wear a uniform. The only
uniform the nurses had issued to them were white uniforms.
So we had to . . . within two months afterward, we tried to
get back to our normal routine again--having so many hours
off. If we went anyplace, we had to wear our white uniform.
Well, I remember we got a little Japanese dressmaker downtown,
and she . . . because we were going into a blue uniform, so
they made us a blue skirt, and we bought white blouses, and
we wore those as our uniform with black shoes. Then they
put us into brown. So that was the first time. . . that
was sometime in the following year that we went into brown,
and that was the first time they actually issued us a uniform.
But they expected us, if we went anywhere, to wear our white
uniforms.
How long did you stay in the Hawaiian Islands?
I was in the Hawaiian Islands up until 19 . . . well, let me
put it this way. I was married on August 20, 1944, and the
following. . . I guess it was in November that I was sent
back to the States on temporary duty because I had been over-
seas so long. So I came back to . . . I remember I landed
at Hamilton Field, and then I went to Salt Lake City because
that was the post I was to report to. They gave me orders
to go off for a month--wherever I wanted to go--so I came toMarcello :
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Marcello, Ronald E. & Murphy, Elizabeth. Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Murphy, May 30, 1977, book, May 30, 1977; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc98989/m1/40/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Oral History Program.