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Michael & Bernice Vickio Collection

Los Alamos Military Police & Nurses

Photo: LAP-BVIC-030 (800 x 949)

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Offer of Employment as a Nurse at the Los Alamos Hospital Issued to Bernice Vickio - October 4, 1944 - Note the 'Box 1663' Address at Top - Bernice was required to work at St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe, NM for approximately two months while the FBI and Military Intelligence performed an in-depth background check. - Also, her starting salary of $200 per month was more than double what her husband, a Pfc in the military police, earned.

 

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