Attached is an interesting history of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the First World War. The author, Robert Ginsburgh, delves into how many nurses were killed, how the nurses were recruited, where they served throughout Europe, their training and the decorations earned.
“The most coveted assignment of the nurses was duty with the forward teams. They had to be ready to go to the front at any moment to serve with surgical, shock or gas teams, and only those of outstanding professional attainments could even be considered… The Allies awarded the American nurses many decorations, including not only those singled out by the War Department, but a number of others for meritorious service in the advanced zones. The British honored about 90 nurses and the French more than 100 in the AEF; Rumania, Belgium, Greece, and Russia also decorated a few.”
Pictured above is Major Julia Stimson as she was decorated by Gerneral Pershing.
Click here to read about the U.S. Army Nurse Corps during the Second World War.
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