She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: women in the military

BATTLE OF THE PACIFIC: One Year of War

The first year was ending, and it had been a Navy year. The tall, taut man who is both Commander in Chief of the U.S. Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) let his mind go back to the morning of Pearl Harbor, and observed that the Japanese probably had not expected their attack…

December 7, 1942
Editorials: 1943 – A Stern and Terrible Year!, A Three-Point Program for ’43, Reassurance!

Source: “Editorials: 1943 – A Stern and Terrible Year!, A Three-Point Program for ”™43, Reassurance!” The American Journal of Nursing, Jan. 1943, pp. 1”“3. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3416251?origin=JSTOR-pdf

January 1, 1943
News About Nursing

Source: “News About Nursing.” The American Journal of Nursing, Jan. 1943, pp. 94”“121. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3416288?origin=JSTOR-pdf

January 1, 1943
Women Now

Source: “Women Now.” Business Week, 9 Jan. 1943, pp. 72”“80. https://archive.org/details/sim_business-week_1943-01-09_697/page/n63/mode/2up?q=cold+facts

January 9, 1943
2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott – Served in the first aerial evacuation flight in nursing history

2nd Lt. Elsie S. Ott, serving as the flight nurse during the inaugural intercontinental air evacuation mission, showcased the possibilities of air transport in January 1943. Despite being an Army nurse without prior flying experience or specific air evacuation training, Ott effectively managed the transfer of five critically ill patients from India to Washington, D.C.…

January 17, 1943
Official Record: Uniform

February 5, 1943
Call for Aides

Source: “Call for Aides.” Newsweek, 8 Feb. 1943, pp. 46”“48.

February 8, 1943
Mother – 1943 Model

Source: Cook, Beatrice Gray. “Mother – 1943 Model.” American Home, Mar. 1943, p. 29.

March 1, 1943
Need for WACS Greater Than Army Recruiters Can Supply

Source: “Need for WACS Greater Than Army Recruiters Can Supply.” The Atlanta Constitution, 18 Apr. 1943, p. 57. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-atlanta-constitution/137959935/

April 18, 1943