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Female United States Navy nurses in World War II (16 P) K. ... Pages in category "World War II nurses" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.
This is a category for female nurses who were involved in caring for the sick and injured in war. See also: Category:American Civil War nurses This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:wartime nurses .
Pages in category "Female United States Army nurses in World War II" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Along with Helen Fredericka Turner, these four nurses were the first African-American women to serve in the Navy during World War II. [11] Navy nurses were on duty during the initial Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Kāneʻohe Bay, the Philippines, Guam, and aboard the Solace; they were vital in preventing further loss of life and limb. In fact ...
At the outset of World War II, US Army and US Navy nurses were stationed at Sternberg General Hospital in Manila, and other military hospitals around Manila. During the Battle of the Philippines (1941–1942), 88 US Army nurses escaped, in the last week of December 1941, to Corregidor and Bataan.
First Lieutenant Reba Zitella Whittle (August 19, 1919 – January 26, 1981 [1]) was a member of the United States Army Nurse Corps during World War II.She became the only American military female prisoner of war in the European Theater after her casualty evacuation aircraft was shot down in September 1944.
Edith DeVoe (1921–2000) 1st African-American nurse to serve in the regular Navy, World War II and Korean War nurse; Marion Dewar (1928–2008), mayor of Ottawa and a member of the Parliament; Louise Dietrich (1878–1962), suffragist and nurse in Texas; Dorothea Dix (1802–1887), superintendent of Army Nurses during the American Civil War
Colonel Ruby Bradley (December 19, 1907 – May 28, 2002) was a United States Army Nurse Corps officer, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II, and one of the most decorated women in the United States military. [1] She was a native of Spencer, West Virginia but lived in Falls Church, Virginia, for over 50 years.