Deliverance: Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, Commander, Seventh Fleet, poses with the liberated nurses on Leyte on 23 February 1945. Lieutenant Nash is in the front row, second from right. Lieutenant ...

DANVILLE, Calif. - 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 family, friends, and community ...

When Army nurse Mildred Bianchi landed on the tiny island of Pantelleria in June 1943, conditions in its tent hospital were primitive at best. There was no running water or electricity in the hospital ...

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For 36 years, retired U.S. Navy nurse Ruby Brooks patched up the wounded – first as staff nurse, then a surgical nurse. World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War kept her very busy and very ...

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“The nurses could not do enough for us. We knew they truly cared about us. They gave us the best treatment possible, and I saw them cry when a patient died.” This is one of many powerful comments from ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — 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, ...

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. Here is a short summary of the bill: The WWII Nurses ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Tribune News Service) — 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 ...