History Story of WWII Navy nurse from Pennsylvania gets new attention By Bill O Boyle The Times Leader • March 12, 2023 ...

Former Navy nurse celebrates 105th birthday Alice Darrow has been honored as one of the last living links to Pearl Harbor as a Navy nurse during World War II. Saturday, she was celebrated by ...

After 80 years, Congress moves to give long-overdue recognition to World War II nurses A new bill backed by Sen. Angus King would award the women who served as Army and Navy nurses with a ...

Things evolved to the United States contracting for nurses in the Spanish-American War. That led to the first nurses being brought formally into the Army in 1901 and the Navy in 1908.

Three authors collaborated on this historical novel about the so-called "Angels of Bataan," the Army and Navy nurses who stayed at their posts and were captured when the Japanese overran the ...

We have received text from S. 2195: WWII Nurses Congressional Gold Medal Act. This bill was received on 2025-06-26, and currently has 3 cosponsors.

Always a nurse Whether or not they practiced their profession, the Ashland nursing school graduates who served in World War II were nurses at heart throughout their life.

Former Navy nurse Katherine Orr enjoys her retirement. It was 54 years ago when she first wore a military uniform right out of St. Francis School of Nursing in Poughkeepsie New York, the year 1968.

The story of Lt. Nash, a World War II Navy nurse, POW, and Bronze Star recipient is a testament to grace under pressure and unconquered human spirit, as detailed in a feature story written by ...

<p>WILKES-BARRE — In March of 1945, there was a parade honoring the homecoming of Lt. Margaret “Peggy” Nash, a U.S. Navy nurse who had served in the Philippines, where she was held as a ...