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Red Cross Worker at MASH Hospital in Korea, October 1952

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Woman identified as Red Cross worker Mary Jane White of Burlington, Iowa is seen talking with a wounded soldier at a M.A.S.H. hospital. Ms. White wears a uniform with a Red Cross logo on the left sleeve. She is bent down in conversation with a wounded soldier who is reclining on a hospital cot. The patient’s head is bandaged, and he holds a magazine in his hands.
Courtesy of State Historical Society of Iowa, October 1952

Description

This photograph shows a wounded Korean soldier in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) hospital being attended by a Red Cross worker from Burlington, Iowa, Mary Jane White. White wears a uniform with a Red Cross logo on the left sleeve. She is bent down in conversation with a wounded soldier who is reclining on a hospital cot. The patient's head is bandaged, and he holds a magazine in his hands.

Source-Dependent Questions

  • Based on the photo and the caption, what role is this woman playing in the Korean War? What other roles might women have played in the Korean War?
  • After looking at this photo, refer to the Iowa Marines in a MASH Hospital. How is a MASH hospital the same and different than the hospitals we are used to?