First Army Nurses Arrive in China
The first Army nurses to arrive in China during World War II debark from a Douglas C-47 and chat with
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WACs Stand Inspection at Hawaiian Air Base
Members of the Women’s Army Corps stand inspection at an airbase somewhere in the Hawaiian Islands on 13 March 1944.
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First WAC Headed Overseas Boards Transport Plane
Sgt. Sarah Turner boards an Air Transport Command plane which carried her to her new duty station in the Hawaiian
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Navy Flight Nurses on Guam Airfield
U.S. Navy flight nurses walk across an airfield in Guam in April 1945. A Douglas R5D Skymaster aircraft appears in the background. Photo
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Women Marines Take Course in Aircraft Identification
Some 9,000 women Marines will replace men in various phases of aviation behind the lines, so these “boots” in training
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Women Marine Mechanics Work on PBJ at Cherry Point
A group of U.S. Marine Corps Women’s Reservists work on a PBJ, the Navy designation of the B-25 Mitchell, at
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Navy Flight Nurses of the Air Evacuation Squadron
U.S. Navy Flight Nurses attached to the U.S. Navy’s newly-formed Air Evacuation Squadron stroll by a giant R5D aircraft in
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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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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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WASP Pilots and Their B-29 Ladybird and Crew
WASP Dora Dougherty, third from left in front of B-29 “Ladybird” with Lt. Col. Paul W. Tibbets, Jr. (left), Dorothea
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