Wartime Nurses

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From the Army Quartermaster's Book of Uniforms for WACs, and Nurses. This page describes the different caps that nurses wore. Bottom left is the brown and white seersucker cap which was worn with the matching uniform. It laced in the back to hold shape, and unlaced to become flat, easy to launder and pack, no ironing required. The center bottom cap is the traditional white nurse's cap which had a gather at the back neckline to adjust the size and fit. Ww2, Vintage, Military Women, Women's Army Corps, Ww2 Women, Flight Nurse, Nursing Cap, Nurse Uniform, World War Ii

From the Army Quartermaster's Book of Uniforms for WACs, and Nurses. This page describes the different caps that nurses wore. Bottom left is the brown and white seersucker cap which was worn with the matching uniform. It laced in the back to hold shape, and unlaced to become flat, easy to launder and pack, no ironing required. The center bottom cap is the traditional white nurse's cap which had a gather at the back neckline to adjust the size and fit.

Becoming A Registered Nurse

Are Women Really Qualified for That? 100 Years Ago, Army Nurses Faced Similar Doubts

Are Women Really Qualified for That? 100 Years Ago, Army #Nurses Faced Similar Doubts

Army nurse adjusts an IV in a soldier’s arm in Italy, circa 1944-1945. U.S. Army Signal Corps, Gift in Memory of William F. Caddell, Sr., from The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum, 2007.048.112. People, Honor Veterans, Us Soldiers, Surgery

Army nurse adjusts an IV in a soldier’s arm in Italy, circa 1944-1945. | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

Army nurse adjusts an IV in a soldier’s arm in Italy, circa 1944-1945. U.S. Army Signal Corps, Gift in Memory of William F. Caddell, Sr., from The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum, 2007.048.112.

What to Bring to a War: A Packing List for WWII Army Nurses

What to Bring to a War: A Packing List for WWII Army Nurses... "Be sure to take plenty of lip stick"

2nd Lieutenant Rita G Hall and several Army nurses behind her wave farewell at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, August 1944. South Pacific Theater. US Army Signal Corps, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt from The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum, 2008.354.198 Military History, World War I, Second Lieutenant

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2nd Lieutenant Rita G Hall and several Army nurses behind her wave farewell at Cape Gloucester, New Britain in August 1944 | The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum : Oral Histories

2nd Lieutenant Rita G Hall and several Army nurses behind her wave farewell at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, August 1944. South Pacific Theater. US Army Signal Corps, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt from The Digital Collections of the National WWII Museum, 2008.354.198

Civilization.ca - Canadian Nursing History Collection Online - A Sample of the Collection

Identity Discs. Matron M.D.F. Wright, Second World War. Canadian #Nurses Association Collection Military personnel, including nursing sisters, had to wear identity discs like these ones around the neck for easy identification in the event of death or serious injury.

A nurse and doctor at work on a patient ward at U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 3. The Mount Sinai Hospital sponsored this unit in World War I. It was located at Vauclaire Monastery in Montpon, France.1918. Mount Sinai Archives. Nursing, The Unit, Mount Sinai, Ward, Doctor, Nurses, Hospital

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A nurse and doctor at work on a patient ward at U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 3. The Mount Sinai Hospital sponsored this unit in World War I. It was located at Vauclaire Monastery in Montpon, France.1918. Mount Sinai Archives.

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