Below I have listed reference
material about the Army Nurse Corps that might be useful for all who want
to get more information. Many of these sources I have used for the background
information presented on this website. This list is not meant to be a complete
arrangement. I'm still searching for more and I would be very happy about
everyone who can recommend further interesting material.
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Official Sources
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 Army
Nurse Corps, Fold-out recruitment brochure,
LX-128-RPB-12-30-43-250 |
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Many different recruiting
brochures were distributed to encourage women to join the Army Nurse Corps
during WWII.
These official brochures give much information
about purposes of the ANC, requirements for joining, payment etc.
The content of some recruitment brochures
are represented online here:
Women
Veterans Historical Collection |
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The Army Nurse by the U.S. Army Nurse
Corps, LX-145-RPB-8-19-44-125M |
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This recruitment brochure
describes on several pages the history of military nursing. Especially,
the different tasks of Army Nurses in World War II are explained (hospital
ships and trains, flying ambulance, field work). Illustrated with many
black and white pictures. One page is dedicated to ANC uniforms. |
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 The
Army Needs You! United States Cadet Nurse Corps Senior Cadet Period Army
Hospitals, LX-130R-RPB-8-9-44-100M |
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This recruiting pamphlet encourages
young women to join the Cadet Nurse Corps
and to become an Army Nurse afterwards. It contains information about training
and duty of senior cadet nurses in Army hospitals, payment, living, how
to apply, etc. and explains why a career as Army Nurse is the best
option for the future life. |
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The Army Nurse, Volume 1, Number 12, December
1944, RPB -12-12-44-20M and Volume 2, Number 3, March 1945, RPB -3-16-45-15M
by the Nursing Division Office of the Surgeon General. |
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These magazines for
Army Nurses, Medical Department Dietitians, Medical Department Physical
Therapists and Occupational Therapy Aides contained interesting information
about reports from the different theaters of operations, questions asked
by magazine reader and official answers, descriptions of special tasks
(like working on a hospital train), details about new uniform developments
and much more. |
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| Army Service Forces
Quartermaster Supply Catalog, 3-2, List of Items for Troop Issue: WACs'
and Nurses' clothing and equipment |
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The Quartermaster Supply catalogs
include many items that were issued to the WAC with pictures, stock-numbers
and short descriptions. A most important reference material for WAC uniform
collectors.
Parts of two catalogs are presented online
here:
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/hayleymo/
myhomepage/collection.html |
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| Army Regulations No.
600-35 Personnel, Prescribed Service Uniform, War Department, November
10, 1941. |
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These pre-war Army Regulations
contain a list of Army Nurses's clothing and show which garments were provided
to nurses at the begin of World War II. |
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Army Regulations No.
600-37 Personnel, Prescribed Service Uniform -
Women Personnel of the Army, April 1945 |
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The Army Regulations
list and describe authorized uniform items and insignia, explain their
prescribed wearing, and contain some illustrative drawings. |
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| A Wardrobe for the Women of the
Army by Erna Risch, Q.M.C. Historical Studies No. 12, Historical Section
General Administrative Services Division Office of the Quartermaster
General, 1945. |
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Detailed description
of the development of all WWII uniform garments of Army Nurses, WAACs/WACs,
WASP, Army Hostesses and Librarians. |
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 Uncle
Sam needs Nurses by the Amercian National Red Cross, Washington, D.C.,
ARC 779, Jan., 1941. |
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Pre-war brochure which
foresees the war emergency and encourage nurses to join the Red Cross (and
in case of war additionally the Army Nurse Corps or Navy Nurse Corps).
Detailed information about the tasks of nurses in the ARC, NNC, ANC, requirements
of joining, payment, uniforms. |
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 U.S.
Army Nurse Corps Song Book by Technical Information Division Army Nurse
Branch Surgeon General's Office |
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This Army Nurse Corps
song book contains typical American songs which were popular during WWII. |
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Articles, Magazines, Books
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 Nurses
in Action - The Story of the Army Nurse Corps by Colonel Julia O. Filkke,
J.B. Lippincott Company (1943) |
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This book recounts
the story of Army Nurses from the forerunners of the corps in Revolutionary
War days up to World War II. An important part of the book is devoted to
the training of Army Nurses, how they live, the customs and etiquette of
the corps, career options - meant to encourage young nurses to join the
Army Nurse Corps. |
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 Nancy
Dale - Army Nurse by Ruby Lorraine Radford, Whitman Publishing Company
(1944) |
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This fictional
book for young readers describes the experiences of Army Nurse Nancy Dale
from her training stage to her adventurous experiences in the South Pacific
where she finally saves the life of her Army pilot brother who was lost
in action. |
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 Cherry
Ames, Student Nurse
Cherry Ames, Senior Nurse
Cherry Ames, Army Nurse
Cherry Ames, Chief Nurse
Cherry Ames, Flight Nurse
by Helen Wells, Grosset & Dunlap, (1943-45) |
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The adventurous Cherry
Ames stories for juveniles start with her time as student nurse. She not
only proceeds her career as nurse in every volume, but also solves a fascinating
mystery in every book. Interesting insights in the training as Army Nurse,
in field work as Chief Nurse in the South Pacific and as Flight Nurse in
England. |
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 Patty
Lou - The Flying Nurse by Basil Miller, Zondervan Publishing House
(1945) |
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This religiously oriented
wartime story for girls describes the adventures of missionary Patty Lou
who serves as Army Flight Nurse in the South Pacific. |
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 Brave
Nurse - True Stories of Heroism by Ellsworth Newcomb, The Junior Literary
Guild and D. Appleton-Century Company (1945) |
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Impressive stories of nurses who
served during WWII. The book includes |
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 American
Women in Uniform
by Mary Steel Ross,
Garden City Publishing Co.,Inc. (1943) |
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Description of several
women's wartime organizations (for example Red Cross, AWHRC, AWVS, AER,
USO, and many more) especially their uniforms and insignia. |
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 Article
"An Army Nurse works hard to keep soldiers healthy" in Life Magazine,
May 26, 1941. |
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Pre-wartime article
about Second Lieutenant Catherine Mary Hines that describes her life as
Army Nurse: her work at day, her social life, her career plans, etc. Illustrated
with some black and white pictures. |
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 R.N.
- A Journal for Nurses edited by Dorothy Sutherland, Volume 8, Number
9, June 1945 |
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This journal for nurses
contains two articles about Army Nurses: "Army Nurses Under Fire" by Dorothy
Sutherland and "From White to Olive Drab" by Anne M. Goodrich, R.N. |
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Movies
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 So
Proudly We Hail directed by
Mark Sandrich, Black & White (1943),
Type: War/Drama/Romance |
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The movie tells the
story of Army Nurses trapped behind enemy lines in the early days of the
Pacific war. The self-sacrificing head nurse struggles to minister to the
wounded and to keep her staff from buckling under the pressure. The head
nurse (played by Claudette Colbert) finds her true love despite the horror
of war and nearly looses her mind when her lover dies during the fall of
Bataan. Impressive wartime movie. |
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"Up in Arms" directed by Elliott Nugent,
Color (1944), Type: Comedy, Musical |
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The Hypochondriac Danny
Weems gets drafted into the army and gets himself and his fellow GIs in
much trouble. He is in love with Army Nurse Mary who loves his best friend
Joe. In the end, Danny not only becomes a war hero by capturing several
Japanese soldiers, he also notices that Army Nurse Virginia is in love
with him.
Great songs and great colored prictures! |
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 Cry
Havoc directed by Richard Thorpe, Black and White (1943), Type: War/Drama |
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Two Army Nurses on Bataan during
WWII need desperately help to treat the wounded soliders. They are only
able to recruit a motley group of women without any medical experience
to volunteer. As the Japanese army forces most of the American troops to
retreat from Bataan, the nurses and the female volunteers remain,
tending to the miserable wretches left behind to defend a defenseless post. |
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| Army Surgeon directed
by Edward Sutherland, Black and White (1942) Type: War/Drama |
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On board a transport ship bound
for Europe during WWII, an Army Nurse remembers her experiences as Army
Nurse in World I where she served near the frontlines and finally found
her true love. |
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 Homecoming
directed by:
Mervyn LeRoy, Black and White (1948) Type: War/Drama |
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A self-absorbed, married, army
surgeon fells in love with his morally firm nurse at the battlefields of
Europe and changes his previous attitude completely. |
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History Books
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 A
History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps by Mary T. Sarnecky, University
of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 0-8122-3502-9 (1999) |
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Extensive study about
the history of the Army Nurse Corps from its antecedents to the Vietnam
War. It describes in detail the tremendous job nurses did and what they
endured during the various decades. |
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Nightingales - The Army Nurse Corps in World War II by Barbara Brooks
Tomblin, University Press of Kenntucky, ISBN 0-8131-9079-7 (1996) |
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Informative and well
researched history of the Army Nurse Corps during WWII. The oral histories
of several nurses are included. Single chapters in the book give
credit to the nursers serving in different theaters of operations. |
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 The
Army Nurse Corps. A Commemoration of World War II Service, CMH Pub
72-14 |
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This excellent overview
of the history of the Army Nurse Corps during World War II is published
online under:
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/wwii/
72-14/72-14.htm |
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 In
Defense of a Nation - Servicewomen in World War II by Major General
Jeanne M. Holm, USAF (Ret.), Vandamere Press, ISBN 0-918339-43-X (1998) |
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This book contains
excellent overviews of several WWII women's organization (like WAVES, SPARS,
WAC, ANC, NNC, WASP, Women Marines) illustrated with nice black and white
photographs. |
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 Higlights
in the History of the Army Nurse Corps edited by Carolyn M. Feller
Lieutenant Colonel, AN, USAR and Debora r. Cox Major, AN, U.S. Army Center
of Military History, Washington, DC (2001) |
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The presented highlights
of the past of the Army Nurse Corps are a testament to its heritage and
its contributions to the Army Medical Department, the Army, and the nation.
Online published under:
http://www.army.mil/CMH/books/anc-highlights
/highlights.htm#cont |
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 Dressed
for Duty. America's Women in Uniform 1898-1973 (Volume One) by Jill
Halcomb Smith, R. James Bender Publishing, ISBN 0-912138-85-8 (2004) |
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The two volumes about
women's organizations of the last century cover all military branches and
especially give interesting details about several mostly forgotten civilian
organizations.
They contain many original photographs and
some color pictures of uniform items.
The chapter about the ANC is in
Volume 1. |
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 World
War II Allied Nursing Services by Martin J. Brayley, Osprey Publishing
(2002) ISBN: 1841761850 |
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Short historical overview
about allied nursing services during WWII. Contains a few authentic b&w
photographs as well as colored drawings. |
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 Combat
Flying Clothing - Army Flying Clothing through World War II by C.G.
Sweeting, Smithsonian Institution Press (1984) |
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This book contains
a paragraph about the development of women's flying clothes which were
relevant for Army Flight Nurses. |
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Memoirs and Novels
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If I Perish - Frontline U.S. Army Nurses in World War II, by Evelyn
M Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee, Borzoi Books, ISBN 0-375-41514-9
(2003) |
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This book tells moving
stories of Army Nurses behind the frontlines. It is based on eyewitness
accounts and gives many details about those brave women whose tremendous
contribution to the war efforts are often overlooked. |
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Band of Angels - The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan
by the Japanese by Elizabeth M. Norman, Pocket Books, ISBN 0-671-78718-7
(1999) |
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Impressive account
of the first American women to proove their mettle under combat conditions
during World War II. The book tells the story of three years of brutal
captivity of these women in a Japanese camp for prisoners of war. The narrative
story relies on letters, diaries and firsthand accounts. |
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 Angels
of Mercy - The Army Nurses of World War II by Betsy Kuhn, Athenum Books
for Young Readers, ISBN 0-689-82044-5 (1999) |
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The book tells several
stories about Army Nurses who served near the frontlines. It gives historical
background information and is illustrated with many black and white pictures.
The entertaining and vivid writing is especially attractive for young readers. |
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 Free
a Man to Fight! Women Soldiers of Word War II by Mindy Pomper &
RYS Productions (1999) |
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Great video that features
rare archival footage interwoven with intimate interviews of women who
served in the military during WWII. It includes several interviews with
former members of the ANC. Unfortuntaley, the documentary contains a few
mistakes. More information about these inaccuracies can be found here |
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 Women
At War - from the home front to the front lines by 'V for Victory',
Atlas Video Inc. (1991) |
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This documentary
consists mainly of original newsreel stories to detail the vital contributions
made by women during World War II, going from the factories to the battlefields.
Covers WAC, Army Nurses, WAVES, Marines, Navy Nurses, Cadet Nurses, etc. |
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WW2 US Medical Research Centre
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This homepage is an excellent
research source to anyone interested in WW2 United States Army Medical
history. Includes a detailed article about the ANC. |
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Casque & Rouge-A-Levres
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Excellent French homepage that
contains many information about the history and uniforms of the WAC and
ANC (especially ANC flight nurses). |
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Women Veterans
Historical Collection
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The Women Veterans Historical
Collection documents the female experience in the Armed Forces through
letters, papers, photographs, published materials, uniforms, medals and
oral histories. Impressive and most informative website! |
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