Below I have listed reference material
about the NNC that might be useful for all who desire more information.
Many of these sources were 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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 The
Navy Nurse Corps by the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Navy Department,
Washington, D.C. (1943) |
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Recruitment brochure
that gives a brief history about the development of the NNC, lists the
requirements for joining, answers frequently asked questions about the
corps (payment, duties, etc.) |
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| Establishment of Navy
Nurse Corps, Public Law No. 115, H.R. 20471, 13 May 1908 |
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Public Law that authorized
the Navy Nurse Corps in 1908.
Online Source by the Naval Historical
Center:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq48-3c.htm |
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| U.S. Navy Nurse Corps
General Uniform Instructions 23 Oct. 1917, typewritten notes by the
late Commander William S. Edwards, USN (Ret). |
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Detailed description of all parts
of the World War I NNC uniform and remarks about its wearing. Interesting
to compare this WW I NNC uniform with the one of the WWII period.
Online Source by the Naval Historical
Center:
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq59-31.htm
Additionally, online pictures
of uniforms 1919-1941
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/prs-tpic/
nurses/nrs-g8.htm |
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"44-557-Navy Nurse Corps Uniforms.
Pers-34-RT, JJ55-3, 2 May 1944" Navy Department Bulletin. (January-June,
1944): 560-561.
"46-1504-Navy Nurse Corps Uniforms, Pers-329-MEB,
QR/JJ55, 13 July 1946." Navy Department Bulletin. (July-December, 1946):
250-251. |
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Official records about
changes in the NNC uniform during 1944-46.
Online Source by the Naval Historical
Center:
http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/uniform
_women.htm#557 |
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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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Articles, Magazines, Books
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 Navy
Nurse
by Page Cooper, McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc
(1946, second printing 1988) |
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The book contains a
lot of details about the life of Navy Nurses during WWII. It is written
in a third person "story style" that makes it much easier and interesting
to read than if the author simply quoted facts and history. Stories about
nurses serving in the Pacific, Alaska, and Europe. Interesting details
about the flight nurses program. |
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 The
Navy Officer's Guide by Arthur A Ageton, Commander , U.S. Navy, Whittlesey
House McGraw-Hill Book Company (1943) |
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The Naval Officer's Guide contains
all information an officer in the Navy needed to know. For example, it
gives details about correct saluting, discipline, uniforms and equipment.
The part about Navy Nurse Corps uniforms is illustrated with black and
white pictures. It lists all items Navy Nurses required to possess, informs
about the different rank insignia and gives hints about "Care of the Uniform". |
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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 two stories about Navy
Nurses (Attack of Pearl Harbor;On Bataan) |
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 Taber,
Gladys. Nurse in Blue.
Philadelphia: Triangle (1943) |
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A young
nurse joins the Navy Nurse Corps against the will of her childhood sweetheart.
On the way, she meets an attractive young Navy officer and gets into heart
troubles . The books describes the special experiences she makes as Navy
Nurse and how she finally finds out what she really wants from life. |
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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 as well as recruitment
standards, payment, duties etc. |
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A Guide to US Navy Insignia including U.S.
Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard by Thomas Penfield, Whitman Publishing
Company (1944) |
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Navy, Marine and Coast
Guard insignia presented in over 300 colored illustrations. Additionally,
short uniform description (including the women's organizations WAVES, Spars,
NNC, Marine Corps Women's Reserve) |
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Movies
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 The
Navy Comes Through directed by A. Edward Sutherland, Black and White
(1942),
Type: War/Drama |
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A Navy gun crew serving on a ramshackle
old merchant-marine freighter fight against Nazi bombers and U-boats. After
the first attack a young Navy Nurse who is in love with one of the crew
members comes abroad the freighter to treat casualties. Later, the crew
is able to capture a Nazi supply ship. Some of the men volunteer to staff
the Nazi ship and then use it against its own Navy. |
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 To
the Shores of Tripolis directed by Bruce Humberstone, Black and White
(1942), Type: War/Drama |
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A young spoiled and carefree playboy
joins the Marines and has many troubles to accept the rules of military
life. In the end, he can replace his selfishness by selfless valor and
wins the respect of his fellow Marines and the love fells of a beautiful
Navy Nurse. The movie was filmed with the full cooperation of the U.S.
Marine Corps. |
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were expendable directed by John Ford, Black & White (1945), Type:
War/Drama |
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Following the devastation
of Pearl Harbor, two navy skippers take their small PT boats into action
against the immense Japanese cruiser. When the Navy commander is wounded
on the PT boat at Bataan, Philippines, he is treated by a Navy Nurse on
besieged Corregidor. |
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History Books
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 In
and Out of Harm's Way, A History of the Navy Nurse Corps by
Doris Sterner, Peanut Butter Publishing (1998)
ISBN: 0897167066 |
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Detailed history of
the Navy Nurse Corps written by the retired Navy Nurse Doris Sterner. Besides
many facts about the corps the author gives a biographical look on the
lives of several nurses. |
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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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 Dressed
for Duty, America's Women in Uniform 1898-1973 (Volume One) by Jill
Halcomb Smith, R. James Bender Publishing (2001)
ISBN: 0-912138-81 |
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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 NNC is
in Volume One. |
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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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Memoirs and Novels
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 What
a Way to Spend a War: Navy Nurse POWs in the Philippines
by Dorothy Still Danner, Naval Institute Press
(October 1, 1995) ISBN: 1557501548 |
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The World War II memoir
of Dorothy Danner describes her life as a POW in Manila for 3 years. She
and 10 other Navy Nurses suffered deprivation of even basic necessities
and lived in constant fear for their lives during their interment. Additionally,
she writes about the new set of difficulties she had to cope with after
her return to the United States when she tried to readjust to normal life. |
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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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Excellent video that
features rare archival footage interwoven with intimate interviews of women
who served in the military during WWII.
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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[ I. Development ]..[
II. Facts about the NNC ]..[
III. Uniforms ]..[
IV. Sources ]
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