Philippines

Navy Nurses 

Former POW Navy Nurse LT(JG) Mary Rose Harrington

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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

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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

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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

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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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Former POW Navy Nurse Mary R. Nelson

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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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Former POW World War II Navy Nurses

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U.S. Navy Nurses who were prisoners of war in the Philippines. Left to right: Lieutenant Susie Parker, NC, USNR; Lieutenant

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WWII Navy Nurse LT(JG) Susie Josephine Pitcher

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Lieutenant Junior Grade Susie Josephine Pitcher, NC, USNR, who was one of the eleven U.S. Navy Nurse Prisoners of War

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WWII Navy Nurse LT(JG) Goldie Aimee O’Haver

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

Lieutenant Junior Grade Goldie Aimee O’Haver, NC, USNR, who was one of the eleven U.S. Navy Nurse Prisoners of War

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