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Women in
Military Service
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In the photo on the left, an army nurse assists a doctor at the station hospital, Camp Livingston, Louisiana. In the photoon the right, the first Navy flight nurse to reach Iwo Jima ministers to casualties awaiting evacuation, March 1945. |
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Nurses knew they might serve overseas in combat zones. The work was exhausting and the living conditions were challenging. In the photo below on the left, army nurses practice “abandoning ship” as part of basic survival training, Camp Beale, California. In the photo below on the right, army nurses leave England for embarkation to Normandy.
Below, left, army nurses rest after setting up their tent in Southern France. Below, right, army nurses treat the wounded at Milne Bay, New Guinea, 22 July 1944. |
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Photo Credits (L to R): #1: Army Nurse Corps Collection,
Office of the Army Surgeon General,
#2: US Naval Historical Center, #3, 4 & 5: Women’s Memorial Foundation, #6: National Archives
(c) Copyright National Women's History Museum 2007