Army nurses practice “abandoning ship” as part of basic survival training, Camp Beale, California.  Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation |
WOMEN IN MILITARY SERVICE
Army nurses practice “abandoning ship” as part of basic survival training, Camp Beale, California. Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation |
Army nurses treat the wounded at Milne Bay, New Guinea, 22 June 1944  Credit: National Archives |
The first Navy flight nurse to reach Iwo
Jima |
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Army nurses rest after setting up their tent somewhere in southern France  Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation |
An army nurse assists a doctor at the station hospital, Camp Livingston, Louisiana  Credit: Army Nurse Corps Collection, Office of the Army Surgeon General |
Army nurses leave England for embarkation to Normandy  Credit: Women’s Memorial Foundation |
Nurses knew they might serve overseas in combat zones. The work was exhausting and the living conditions were challenging.
