She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: military

  • Pamphlets Telling of US War Plans Dumped on France by RAF

    Source: “Pamphlets Telling of US War Plans Dumped on France by RAF.” The Daily Telegram, 5 Feb. 1942, pp. 1”“2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegram/136813518/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-telegram/136813693/

  • The Government’s Subcommittee on Nursing

    Source: Haupt, Alma C. “The Government”™s Subcommittee on Nursing.” The American Journal of Nursing, Mar. 1942, pp. 257”“263. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3415771?origin=JSTOR-pdf

  • Medicine: Tropical Diseases

    Malaria, dysentery, yellow fever head the list of tropical diseases to be fought in World War II by the U.S. Medical Corps. Of the three, malaria, against which there is no true prophylactic, is Medical Enemy No. 1. How to protect U.S. soldiers from the rats, lice, mosquitoes, fleas and flies that carry malaria, dysentery,…

  • NURSING NEWS: Friday, March 13, 1942

    Major Julia O. Flikke has received a temporary commission as a colonel in the Army of the United States. Her assistant, Captain Florence A. Blanchfield, has received a temporary commission in the grade of lieutenant colonel. Despite the appointment, neither receives the pay of that grade, as these women are not “persons” in the sense…

  • Some US Army Nurses from Bataan Are Safe

    The fall of Bataan: 21 Army nurses escape from Corregidor before it fell to the Japanese. Under the cover of darkness 10 of the 21 Army nurses make the trip safely to Australia in a PBY Catalina aircraft. The other 11 Army nurses escaped by submarine. Source: “Some US Army Nurses from Bataan Are Safe.”…

  • Heroism In Hawaii

    Source: “Heroism In Hawaii.” The Greensboro Record, 13 May 1942, p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greensboro-record/137086715/

  • Army Nurses Add Chapter To Heroic Story of Bataan

    Source: “Army Nurses Add Chapter To Heroic Story of Bataan.” The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 May 1942, p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/137084444/

  • U.S. At War: THE FIRST SIX MONTHS

    In a few minutes the referee would take the center of the ring to announce the fight. The champion was not too apprehensive. He had got himself into fairly good condition and the challenger had only half his weight and half his reach. The champion stood in his corner, still talking to his seconds, and…

  • $50 Service Pay Voted By Senate

    Source: “$50 Service Pay Voted By Senate.” El Paso Herald-Post, 8 June 1942, pp. 1”“10. https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post/137088833/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post/137089035/