Flight Nurse Boarding Medical Evacuation Flight
U.S. Navy flight nurse Ensign Kay Van Wagner, NC, USNR, boarding a medical evacuation flight during the Okinawa Campaign, 1945.
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Author: Margie Bedell-Burke
U.S. Navy Flight Nurses Fly to the Front
U.S. Navy Flight Nurses fly to the Front, April 18, 1945. Pausing at Naval Air Transport Service headquarters on Guam
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Admin Officer with US Navy Flight Nurses
Commander Holt, Administrative Officer, VR8 with U.S. Navy Flight Nurses upon completion of the seven-day instruction course on the organization
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Navy Flight Nurses in High Pressure Chamber
U.S. Navy Flight Nurses inside high-pressure chamber, 1945. Photo size: 1179 × 957 Photo source: National Museum of the U.S.
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USAAF Flight Nurse Ruth M. Gardiner
In July 1943, 2nd Lt. Ruth M. Gardiner died in an aircraft crash en route to evacuating patients in Alaska.
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Army Flight Nurse Mary Louise Hawkins
1st Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins was an army flight nurse during WWII who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for keeping
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WWII Army Flight Nurse Aleda E. Lutz
One of the most celebrated flight nurses of World War II, 1st Lt. Aleda E. Lutz flew 196 missions and
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Army Flight Nurse Tends to Patients in CG-4A Glider
Army flight nurse Lt. Suella Bernard tends to patients in one of two CG-4A gliders waiting for C-47 transport to
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Army Nurse First Woman to Receive Air Medal
Brig. General Fred W. Borum presents the Air Medal to Lt. Elsie Ott, the first woman to receive the honor,
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WAFS Founder Nancy Harkness Love
Mrs. Nancy Harkness Love, founder of the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS). The WAFS was created in September 1942 within
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