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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.”…
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Editorials: What About the Married Nurses?
Source: “Editorials: What About the Married Nurses?” The American Journal of Nursing, Apr. 1942, pp. 400”“401. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3415480?origin=JSTOR-pdf
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Relax, Girls! Lady Soldiers May Use Lipstick, Nail Polish
Source: Klein, Sandor S. “Relax, Girls! Lady Soldiers May Use Lipstick, Nail Polish.” The Montgomery Advertiser, 17 May 1942, p. 8. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-montgomery-advertiser/137087130/
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Polly Wants a Contract
Source: Furnas, J C. “Polly Wants a Contract.” Saturday Evening Post, 23 May 1942, pp. 19, 66”“69.
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AND CIVILIAN DEFENSE,ARMY: WAAC’s First Muster
The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps had openings for 450 officers. On the first day, bemused Army recruiting officers gave out 13,208 long, pink application blanks, explained 13,208 times that an applicant must be between her 21st and 50th birthdays* (no, she must not fib about her age), must be between five and six feet tall,…
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11 Navy Nurses Missing In Action
Source: Associated Press. “11 Navy Nurses Missing In Action.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 14 July 1942, p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat/137093494/