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Three photos of nurses in wartime. One is looking out of a vehicle, with a uniform and helmet on, the next is three nurses smiling in military uniforms, the third is a nurse smiling at a desk.FeatureIn Country: U.S. Nurses During the Vietnam WarYoung recruits were promised romance and adventure. The reality was far different. The nurses who served in the Vietnam War are among the least recognized of American military veterans. Many films and TV programs about U.S. involvement in Vietnam do not depict a single...
A picture of the white Relief ship that is on a dark blue ocean with a gray sky in the backgroundFeatureNursing Aboard Hospital Ship USS Relief, 1917-1946Attacking a hospital ship was a war crime, but in 1945, the USS COMFORT was hit by a Japanese kamikaze pilotAlthough she was the sixth ship to be called Relief, she was the first U.S. naval vessel ever specifically designed as a fully equipped, modern, seagoing hospital. She was almost as big as...
Elsie Ott on the left is being pinned while wearing a military uniform. On the right she is in uniform standing with equipmentProfiles In NursingLt. Elsie Ott, RN (1913-2006), and the First Globe-Spanning Wartime MedevacA WWII flight nurse takes a grueling, globe-spanning medical evacuationShe’d never even flown before, but in 1943, 2nd Lt. Elsie Ott, RN, became the U.S. Army’s first flight nurse, assigned to the first-ever intercontinental medical evacuation flight: a...
Two photos of Col Ruby Bradley in her military uniform.Profiles In NursingCol. Ruby Bradley (1907-2002), Army Nurse and Angel of Bataan POWA highly-decorated veteran, she survived four years as a Japanese POWNurses are trained to never abandon their patients. Perhaps no one nurse better understood that dictum than did Col. Ruby Grace Bradley, a U.S. Army Nurse Corps veteran who served in two wars...
Picture of registered nurse Marthe Cohn on the left, the cover of the book in the center, and then a few photos of clips of the movie on the rightFeatureA Sixth Sense for Danger: The Marthe Hoffnung Cohn StoryA Jewish nurse spying in Nazi GermanyMarthe Hoffnung Cohn was an Orthodox Jewish nurse from Alsace-Lorraine who went underground to evade Nazi capture. She worked behind enemy lines as a spy for French military intelligence, and...

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Mildred Dalton wearing a military uniform and hat, sits smiling towards the cameraProfiles In NursingMildred Dalton Manning (1914-2013), WWII POW and the “Last Angel”She joined the Army to see the worldSeventy-six years ago, American military nurses in the Philippines became prisoners of war. The last known survivor of these “Angels of Bataan and Corregidor” was former U.S. Army Nurse...
Three nurses in military uniforms stand around a sign that states "Nurses Quarters"FeatureAngels in Hell: The Nurse POWs of Bataan and CorregidorThe surrender of U.S. forces in the Philippines was only the beginning of the ordeal for these brave nursesFor most Americans, the Japanese attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, was a shocking event to hear about on the radio or in the newspapers. For American...
Mother Angela in a habit sits stoically looking at the cameraProfiles In NursingMother Mary of St. Angela (1824-1887), Civil War Hospital AdministratorMother Angela stepped up to care for Union soldiers during the Civil WarMany people dedicate their lives to an ideal larger than themselves. Few do it with the intensity and competence of Eliza Marie Gillespie, better known as Mother Mary of St. Angela or just...
Illustration of the Centaur hospital ship sinking with people swimming around it. On the right, there is a photo of Ellen Savage in a dress and cap smilingProfiles In NursingEllen Savage (1912-1985), Australian Nurse Who Rallied a Nation at WarShe survived the sinking of a hospital ship during WW2Even if you practice for decades, your entire career may be defined by only a few moments. For Australia’s Ellen Savage, it was the three minutes it took for the Australian hospital ship...
Nathalie Bucknall is looking at the camera while holding papers in her right handProfiles In NursingNathalie Bucknall (1895–1959), Russian Nurse, Spy, and Hollywood Movie ExecutiveFrom the "Women's Battalion of Death" to WWII espionage to MGM Studios — this nurse led a life of adventureIn this era of credentials and degrees, we sometimes forget that throughout much of history, nursing was a more informal, transitory occupation. Often, particularly during wartime, the...