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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.
Josephine May Davis (née} Nesbit; December 23, 1894 – August 16, 1993) was an American nurse who served in the United States Army Nurse Corps. [2] She was second-in-command of the Angels of Bataan, army nurses stationed in the Philippine Islands during World War II, [2] who were the largest group of American women taken as prisoners of war. [3]
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.
The first large group of American women in combat. [64] The largest group of American women taken captive and imprisoned by an enemy. [64] During World War II, the captured nurses were portrayed to motivate industrial production. [65] During World War II, the captured nurses were portrayed to motivate recruitment of additional military nurses. [66]
American women in World War II became involved in many tasks they rarely had before; as the war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale, the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable. Their services were recruited through a variety of methods, including posters and other ...
Pages in category "American prisoners of war in World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 252 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Shoshana Nyree Johnson (born January 18, 1973) is a Panamanian-born former United States soldier, and the first black female prisoner of war in the military history of the United States. [1] Johnson was a Specialist of the U.S. Army 507th Maintenance Company , 5/52 ADA BN , 11th ADA Brigade.
Several hundred thousand women served in combat roles, especially in anti-aircraft units. The Soviet Union integrated women directly into their army units; approximately one million served in the Red Army, including about at least 50,000 on the frontlines; Bob Moore noted that "the Soviet Union was the only major power to use women in front-line roles," [2]: 358, 485 The United States, by ...