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  2. United States Navy Nurse Corps - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Category:World War II nurses - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "World War II nurses" The following 60 pages are in this category, out of 60 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Anna-Kaarina Aalto;

  4. List of nurses - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Angels of Bataan - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. History of nursing in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Campbell, D'Ann. "Victory for the Angels of Mercy: The Nurses Break Through" in Women at War with America: Private Lives in a Patriotic Era (1984) pp. 47–62, on Army and Navy nurses in World War II. online; Donahue, M. Patricia. Nursing: The finest art, an illustrated history. (2nd ed. Mosby, 1996), pp 339–404. online

  7. Voluntary Aid Detachment - Wikipedia

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    The Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) was a voluntary unit of civilians providing nursing care for military personnel in the United Kingdom and various other countries in the British Empire. The most important periods of operation for these units were during World War I and World War II.

  8. Male Nurses: No Longer A Rarity

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    Ten percent of nurses are now male, compared to just 2.7 percent in 1970. And the newest entrants to the field are earning more and making on average about $10,000 more than their female ...

  9. Category : United States Navy personnel of World War II

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    Female United States Navy nurses in World War II (16 P) M. United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II (6 C, 1,153 P) U.