More than 59,000 American nurses served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II. Nurses worked closer to the front lines than they ever had before. They served under fire in field hospitals and evacuation hospitals, on hospital trains and hospital ships, and as flight nurses on medical transport
Part 1 in a series on the US Army Nurse Corps in WWII - requirements for service, reasons for discharge, and discrimination.
Dated 1958
Personnel du Canadian Women's Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) Service féminin de l'armée canadienne qui sont membres de la revue canadienne "Invasion Revue". De gauche à droite: Privates Enid Powell et Muriel Stuart, Sergeant Linda Tuero, Privates Vera Cartwright et Virginia Stansell. Vous remarquerez que ces charmantes jeunes femmes portent des US jump boots. Reportage de 10 photos (p010871 à p010880) sur une représentation du spectacle de l'armée canadienne "Invasion Revue ", le 30 juillet 1944 à Banville. www.flickr.com/search/?w=58897785%40N00&q=invasion%3A... Banville au sud de Graye-sur-Mer (secteur Juno) est libérée le 6 juin 1944 par les Canadiens. Le 25th Airfield Construction Group, RE du 12th AGRE chargé de l'aménagement et de la réparation des terrains d'aviation de campagne était à Banville. L'ALG B-3 est à proximité immédiate.
Army Nurses, 1945 (via Hotel de Ville: A Vintage Eyewear Blog: 1945)
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Original Caption:"American Negro nurses, commissioned second lieutenants in the U.S. Army Nurses Corps, limber up their muscles in an early-morning workout during an advanced training course at a camp in Australia. The nurses, who already had extensive training in the U.S., will be assigned to Allied hospitals in advanced sectors of the southwest Pacific theater.", 02/1944 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier:208-N-22962 From:Series: Photographs of Allied and Axis Personalities and Activities, compiled 1942 - 1945 Created By:Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945) Production Date:02/1944 Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=535782 Repository: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
Second Lieutenant Margaret B. Stanfill is seen here on June 14, 1944, preparing dressings in a tent at the 128th Army Evacuation Hospital at Boutteville, three miles southeast of Saint-Mère-Église. A...
When Anna Mae McCabe Hays joined the Army in 1942 she knew she was signing up “for the duration” of...
Colourised images from WWII
Clara Adams-Ender is an Army trailblazer who was known for being one of the branches top nurse recruiters. She initiated nursing units as well as advocated for critical care nurses to receive higher pay. Adams-Ender was born in Willow Springs, North Carolina. She was one of ten children who grew up with parents, Caretha Bell Sapp Leach and Otha ...
Militaries have a habit of turning to women and expanding their role in times of war.
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Q 2401. A Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve (QAIMNSR) staff nurse Territorial Force Nursing Service (TFNS) sisters and a sergeant of the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on board a Hospital Barge Peronne 22nd June 1917
