Francis H. McCullough Oral History Interview, July 12, 2005

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Creator:
McCullough, Francis H.
Abstract:

Francis H. McCullough graduated from the Duke University School of Medicine's V-12 military program in 1943. He served as a physician during the Korean War after completing his residency in orthopedics at Duke.

Contains audiotapes and transcript of an oral history interview with Francis H. McCullough. Major topics include McCullough's training in the V-12 military program, his naval training, and his service in Korea. This interview was conducted on 12 July 2005 by Jessica Roseberry.

Language:
English
Collection ID:
OH.MCCULLOUGHF

Background

Scope and content:

Contains audiotapes and transcript of an oral history interview with Francis H. McCullough, a 1943 graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine's V-12 military program, who served as a physician overseas during the Korean War.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. Francis H. McCullough, Jr., was born in New Bern, N.C. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University, and graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in December 1943 as part of the first accelerated class under the V-12 military program, designed to speed up medical training so that physicians could be sent to war. After his graduation, McCullough completed his internship in New Jersey and went immediately to naval training. He returned to Duke in 1947 as an orthopedic resident and soon was sent to Korea. He remained in military service after the war ended, and was chief of orthopedic surgery at Great Lakes Hospital in Illinois as well as Camp Pendleton in California. He was commanding officer of a naval hospital in Twentynine Palms, Calif. McCullough entered private practice as an orthopedic surgeon and retired in 1987.

Acquisition information:
Acquired; 12 July 2005.
Processing information:

Processed by Jessica Roseberry, May 2006 Encoded by Dawne Howard Lucas, August 2007

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Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

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[Identification of item], Francis H. McCullough Interview, Duke University Medical Center Archives.