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First Navy Flight Nurse on Iwo Jima

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First Navy Flight Nurse on Iwo Jima

The first Navy flight nurse on Iwo Jima (6 March 1945) and later Okinawa (6 April 1945), ENS Jane Kendeigh, NC, USNR, became a symbol for casualty evacuation and high altitude nursing.

Photo size: 1200 × 852
Photo source: Naval Historical Foundation
Usage: Public Domain




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