Weaving together information from official sources and personal
interviews, Barbara Tomblin gives the first full-length account of the
US Army Nurse Corps in the Second World War. She describes how over
sixty thousand army nurses, all volunteers, cared for sick and wounded
American soldiers in every theater of the war, serving in the jungles
of the Southwest Pacific, the frozen reaches of Alaska and Iceland,
the mud of Italy and northern Europe, and the heat and dust of the
Middle East. Many of the women in the Army Nurse Corps served in
dangerous hospitals near the frontlines—201 nurses were killed by
accident or enemy action, and another 1,600 won decorations for
meritorious service. These nurses address the extreme difficulties of
dealing with combat and its effects in World War II, and their stories
are all the more valuable to military historians because they present
a very different viewpoint on war than that of male officers. Although
they were unable to achieve full equality for American women in the
military during World War II, army nurses did secure equal pay
allowances and full military rank, and they proved beyond a doubt
their ability and willingness to serve and maintain excellent
standards of nursing care under difficult and often dangerous
conditions.
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ISBN
9780813170206
Publisert
2016
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The University Press of Kentucky
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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