Search The Directory The Web for Home > Health > Nursing > History > Military_Nurses New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   In-Country Women - Moving stories, images and poems written by or dedicated to the Nurses "in country" during the Vietnam war.   Lincoln and the Nuns - An essay about Abraham Lincoln and the nuns who helped care for the wounded soldiers in the United States Civil War.   Military Nurses in Vietnam - This page is dedicated to the Red Cross, Special Services, Army Nurse Corps, and other civilian and military women who served in Vietnam.   Military Women in Vietnam - In Vietnam, Army, Navy and Air Force Nurses and Medical Specialists numbered over six thousand. This page discusses all women who served in Vietnam from 1964 to 1973.   Nursing Old Wounds - Recollections by Nancy Leftenant-Colon, as the first black nurse in the Regular Nurse Corps in 1942.   Nursing in the Civil War - An essay describing medical treatments and care for wounded soldiers during the United States Civil War. The contents consist of photocopies of the typewritten 16 pages of the essay.   Our Army Nurses - Pictorial essay of what Civil War nurses wore. Excellent stories from Clara Barton, Ruth Sinnotte, Lucy Seaman Bainbridge and Jane Stuart Woolsey. Stories available for download(Adobe PDF format) and for purchase.   Pearl Harbor Attack - December 7, 1941: Excerpt from Oral History of LT Ruth Erickson, NC (Nurse Corps), USN. She was a nurse at the Naval Hospital Pearl Harbor during the attack.   Phoebe Yates Pember - A Southern Woman's Story of conditions in hospitals during the war. Although Ms. Pember was not a nurse, her story reflects the trying conditions endured by nurses during the war.   Sr. Elizabeth Hillmann, R.C. - An interview with this World War II army nurse who served in England and France during the Normandy invasion. Includes a few vintage photographs.   The Army Nurse Corps in World War II - A well compiled site which includes a brief overview, early operations in the pacific, black army nurses, Sicily and Southern Italy operations, the European theater and vintage photographs.   The North's Unsung Sisters of Mercy - Article written by Alice P. Stein about the volunteer nurses who served during the Civil War. Additional article: "Sally Tompkins: Devoted Confederate Nurse", is linked on the site.   WASPS, WACS, and Flight Nurses - Description of women serving as pilots, flight nurses and Air WACS in World War II.   What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: A Psychiatric Nurse in the Philippines - A story by Kathy O'Grady describing Lucile Sponner Votta's journey and experiences in the Philippines.   Women in Korea - Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library - Facts and statistics from "The Forgotten War". Air Force, Army, Navy, and hospital nurses who served, and many who died, in Korea.   Women in World War One - In 1901 and 1908 the establishment of the Army and Navy Nurse Corps opened the door for women in the military. These were the first women in the U.S to be admitted to some military rank and status.   Women in the War - A small tribute to nurses during the WW I. A letter, 'Experiences of a Nurse at the Front' is reproduced in full.   World War II Nurses - Describes personal experiences of nurses who served in the battlefronts from North Africa to Italy to Normandy to Corregidor and Bataan.   World War II: Navy Nurse - U.S. Navy Nurse in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Recollections of CAPT Ann Bernatitus, NC, USN of her experiences in the Philippines, Bataan, Corregidor, and Okinawa.     [ 1 2 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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