Record #:

8710

Author(s):

Pittard, Janet C.

Abstract:

Margaret Belva Mizelle was born in the town of Windsor in Bertie County in 1918. After graduating from nursing school in Charlotte in 1940, she worked as a private duty nurse. Before the outbreak of World War II, she joined the Army Nurse Corps and was assigned to the U.S. Army 38th Evacuation Hospital Unit. The unit went to England in the summer of 1942. In the fall of 1942, the 38th landed with the troops in Algeria and served in North Africa till September 1943. The 38th landed with the troops at Salerno in September 1943 and at Anzio, Italy in 1944. Mizelle recorded many of her experiences in letters now preserved in the North Carolina State Archives. After serving in Korea, she retired in 1970 with twenty-eight years of service and the rank of Lt. Colonel. Mizelle married Truman King in 1972. She died at the age of eighty-six in 2004.

Source:

Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 10, Mar 2007, p144-146, 148, 150-151, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

King, Margaret Belva Mizelle, 1918-2004; Military nursing--United States--History--20th century