Army

Army WACs 

Rebecca Wolinsky and Fellow WACs in New Guinea

November 6, 2017December 3, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Army WACs, group photo, new guinea, Rebecca Wolinsky, uniforms

Rebecca Wolinsky (kneeling second from left) poses with fellow WACs in New Guinea during World War II. Photo size: 1952

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Army WACs 

World War II Army WAC Rebecca Strouch Wolinsky

November 6, 2017November 6, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army wac, Bronze Star, new guinea, Rebecca Wolinsky, wwii wacs

Army WAC Sergeant Rebecca Strouch Wolinsky of Hartford, Connecticut, shown here in 1943. Sergeant Wolinsky was awarded a Bronze Star

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Army Nurses 

Army Nurse Doing Laundry in a Helmet

November 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army nurse, france, helmet, laundry, Normandy, pasture, WWII nurses

World War II Army nurse Jan Shimp doing laundry in a steel helmet in a Normandy cow pasture. Note the

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Army Nurses 

Portrait of Army Nurse Ida Fieldman

November 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army nurse, portrait, World War II

Ida Fieldman, March 1945. Ida was a 2nd Lt. Army Nurse stationed in US. Photo size: 1929 × 2543 Photo

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Army Nurses 

Sarah Brody of Army Nurse Corps

November 5, 2017November 5, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army nurse, Army Nurse Corps, dress uniform, portrait

Portrait of Sarah Brody of the Army Nurse Corps, in dress uniform. Photo size: 1175 × 1753 Photo source: Jewish

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Army Nurses 

USAAF Flight Nurse Ruth M. Gardiner

October 29, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army flight nurse, combat, evacuation flight, patients, plane crash, USAAF

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 Nurses 

Army Flight Nurse Mary Louise Hawkins

October 29, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments army flight nurse, Bellona Island, Distinguished Flying Cross, evacuation flight, landing, patients

1st Lt. Mary Louise Hawkins was an army flight nurse during WWII who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for keeping

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Army Nurses 

WWII Army Flight Nurse Aleda E. Lutz

October 29, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Air Medal, army flight nurse, C-47, crash, Distinguished Flying Cross, evacuation flight, Italy

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 Nurses 

Army Flight Nurse Tends to Patients in CG-4A Glider

October 29, 2017 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments Air Medal, army flight nurse, C-47, france, glider, military hospital, patients, transport plane, wounded

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 Nurses Firsts 

Army Nurse First Woman to Receive Air Medal

October 29, 2017February 27, 2018 Margie Bedell-Burke 0 Comments air evacuation flight, Air Medal, army nurse, Brigadier General, flight nurse, patients

Brig. General Fred W. Borum presents the Air Medal to Lt. Elsie Ott, the first woman to receive the honor,

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