When Army nurse Mildred Bianchi landed on the tiny island of Pantelleria in June 1943, conditions in its tent hospital were primitive at best. There was no running water or electricity in the hospital ...
Jean Kennedy Schmidt, 88, one of the last survivors of the "Angels of Bataan," the U.S. military nurses who were Japanese prisoners of war for nearly three years during World War II, died March 3 at ...
ELLISVILLE, Mo. — This is an unsung story about a group of World War II nurses. Terry Jacoby, a 100-year-old retired nurse, now lives in Ellisville. She is likely one of the few remaining women part ...
QUINCY – Shirley Caswell Harrow, a nurse who, in her 70s, started a campaign to honor the nation's cadet nurses from World War II, died peacefully at her home at age 91 on Feb. 4. “The cadet nurses ...
Mary Hawkins spent 13 months flying the wounded out of the Pacific Theater, becoming one of the few women to be awarded the ...
This is the fifth of seven articles highlighting the grand marshals of the 2023 Phoenix Veterans Day Parade. PHOENIX — Patricia Little-Upah comes from a military family. “My mother was an Army nurse ...
Virginians head to the polls, view the races and results Virginians are heading to the polls on Tuesday to vote in the governor, lieutenant governor, and attorney general races. Jonesborough approves ...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WJAR) – A Black woman who served as a nurse during World War II just celebrated her 100th birthday. Dr. Bennie Fleming, from Rhode Island, turned 100 years old Sunday. While ...
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Could Women Only Be Nurses in WWII?
Many believe women in World War II were limited to nursing, but the reality is far more complex. From pilots and spies to ...
There’s quite a story to the banged-up, old bullet that a World War II nurse with strong ties to Lake and Sonoma counties just donated in person to the national museum at Pearl Harbor. And you can be ...
Although embarking on a 28-day voyage to see glaciers and volcanoes at 106 years old is a remarkable feat on its own, Alice Beck Darrow’s journey to Honolulu aboard Holland America Line’s Westerdam ...
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