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Category: Nurse Draft

Surgeon-General Voices Appeal for 10,000 Nurses

Source: “Surgeon-General Voices Appeal for 10,000 Nurses.” The Daily Monitor Leader, 17 Oct. 1944, p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-monitor-leader/127943504/

October 17, 1944
Army & Navy – Where Are the Nurses?

No military force gives its wounded better care than the U.S. Army. But the Army’s patients may have to get along with less care in the future. It became even more apparent last week, as casualty lists swelled, that there may not be enough nurses to go around. More than 150,000 soldiers are now in…

November 20, 1944
Army May Draft Nurses If Recruiting Drive Fails

Source: “Army May Draft Nurses If Recruiting Drive Fails.” Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 1944, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/128009456/

December 26, 1944
Falling Off in Army Nurse Corps Recruits Laid To Men

Source: Quinn, Albert W. “Falling Off in Army Nurse Corps Recruits Laid To Men.” The Baltimore Sun, 31 Dec. 1944, pp. 9”“14. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/128069202/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/128069242/

December 31, 1944
Army Nurse Draft Looms As Volunteer System Falls Short

Source: “Army Nurse Draft Looms As Volunteer System Falls Short.” The Indianapolis Star, 5 Jan. 1945, p. 10. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star/127950689/

January 5, 1945
Youth Military Training, Peace Planning Urged

Source: “Youth Military Training, Peace Planning Urged.” Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, 6 Jan. 1945, pp. 1”“12. https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/128067104/ https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/128066910/

January 6, 1945
Army Nurse Draft

Source: “Army Nurse Draft.” Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, 6 Jan. 1945, p. 12. https://www.newspapers.com/article/stockton-evening-and-sunday-record/127950891/

January 6, 1945
Radio Address Summarizing the State of the Union Message

32ndPresident of the United States:1933 ” 1945 “Today, in pursuance of my Constitutional duty, I sent to the Congress a message on the State of the Union””and this evening I am taking the opportunity to repeat to you some parts of that message. This war must be waged””it is being waged””with the greatest and most…

January 6, 1945
Army Nurse Draft Proposed in House

Source: “Army Nurse Draft Proposed in House.” Columbia Missourian, 10 Jan. 1945, p. 5. https://www.newspapers.com/article/columbia-missourian/128066793/

January 10, 1945