WWII nurses – Women of World War II

Four Army Nurses Stationed in Russia

Four army nurses making sure that GI’s in Russia get the best medical attention. Pictured are: LT Audrey Pratt of

Administrative group including Navy nurses and Red Cross workers at the Pearl Harbor Naval Hospital, 1942. Photo size: 3000 × 2020

The 37 nurses of the 32nd General Hospital unit, known as “Indiana’s Own” since World War I. This photograph was

WWII Recruiting Poster: “Become a Nurse: Your Country Needs You”. Poster dated 1942, from Nursing Information Bureau. Poster features a

Lieutenant Commander Laura Cobb, USN NC (far right), and colleagues. Photo size: 2822 × 2175 Photo source: U.S. Navy Usage:

“A Big Piece of Heaven” – that’s the name given to the first PX that these Army nurses have been

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

Lieutenant Junior Grade Dorothy Still, NC, USNR. Still was a Japanese POW during World War II from January 1, 1942,

Lieutenant Mary R. Nelson, NC, USNR, who was one of the eleven U.S. Navy Nurses taken prisoner of war in