Author: Margie Bedell-Burke

Navy Nurses 

Navy Nurses Recently Freed From Internment

October 31, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Dorothy Still, Edwina Todd, Eldene Paige, internment camp, Navy nurses, Philippines

U.S. Navy Nurses recently freed from internment in the Philippines, 1945. Shown, left to right: Lieutenant Eldene Paige; Lieutenant Edwina

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Rescued POW Nurse Recuperates at Bethesda

October 31, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Bethesda, Dorothy Still, internment camp, Japanese, Maryland, Philippines, POW, prisoner of war

Lieutenant Dorothy Still recuperates from her Prisoner of War ordeal at the National Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, in the spring

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Recently Freed POW Nurses in Long Beach, California

October 31, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments California, Dorothy Still, globe, internment camp, Long Beach, Naval Hospital, Navy nurses, Philippines, POW

Recently freed nurses from a POW camp in the Philippines, at the U.S. Naval Hospital Long Beach, California, 1945. Left

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Former POW Navy Nurse LT(JG) Mary Rose Harrington

October 31, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments iowa, navy nurse, nurse corps, Philippines, POW, prisoner of war, School of Nursing, Sioux City, St. Joseph’s Mercy Hospital

Lieutenant Junior Grade Mary Rose Harrington, NC, USNR. Harrington was one of the U.S. Navy Nurses taken Prisoner of War

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WWII Navy Nurse LT(JG) Dorothy Still

October 31, 2017November 7, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Dorothy Still, infirmary, navy nurse, Philippines, POW, prisoner of war, rescue, Sacred Eleven, WWII nurses

Lieutenant Junior Grade Dorothy Still, NC, USNR. Still was a Japanese POW during World War II from January 1, 1942,

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World War II Navy Nurse LT Dorothy Still

October 31, 2017November 7, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Dorothy Still, navy nurse, Philippines, portrait, POW, prisoner of war, Sacred Eleven

Lieutenant Dorothy Still, NC, USNR. Still was a prisoner of war in the Philippines from 1942 to 1945. Photo size:

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Freed U.S. Navy Nurses Homeward Bound

October 31, 2017January 15, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments airplane, Dorothy Still, internment camp, Japanese, Laura Cobb, leis, Navy nurses, Pearl Harbor, Philippines, POW, prisoner of war, Sacred Eleven

Eleven U.S. Navy Nurses, rescued in February 1945 from the Las Banos internment camp on Luzon, Philippines, pause at Pearl

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Former POW Navy Nurse Tests New Mattress

October 31, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Goldie O’Haver, mattress, navy nurse, Philippines, POW, prisoner of war

Lieutenant Junior Grade Goldie O’Haver enthusiastically tests her new inner-spring mattress in anticipation of her first real night’s rest following

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Navy Flight Nurse Aids in Evacuating Wounded from Iwo Jima

October 31, 2017November 8, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments air evacuation flight, battlefield, Iwo Jima, Jane Kendeigh, Navy flight nurse, wounded

First U.S. Navy Flight Nurse to perform her duties on a battlefield, Ensign Jane L. Kendeigh, NC, USNR, waits while

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Former POW Navy Nurse Mary R. Nelson

October 31, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Philippines, portrait, POW, prisoner of war, WWII nurses

Lieutenant Mary R. Nelson, NC, USNR, who was one of the eleven U.S. Navy Nurses taken prisoner of war in

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