PELICAN RAPIDS, Minn. — When WDAY News caught up with Marcy Korda, she was in the middle of her weekly visit to the beauty shop, Donna Nelson's Plum Haven Salon. They were getting the birthday girl ...
Agnes Lowe may have turned 100 but she’s still got work to do. She’s advocating for long-overdue recognition. Lowe is pushing lawmakers to finally recognize those who served in the U.S. Cadet Nurse ...
Pia Marie Winters Jordan is a journalist and teacher of journalism whose mother was one of the African-American nurses who served at the Tuskegee Army Air Field during World War II. The pilots who ...
When Army nurse Mildred Bianchi landed on the tiny island of Pantelleria in June 1943, conditions in its tent hospital were primitive at best. There was no running water or electricity in the hospital ...
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Could Women Only Be Nurses in WWII?

Many believe women in World War II were limited to nursing, but the reality is far more complex. From pilots and spies to factory workers and frontline resistance fighters, women played critical roles ...
Kathy Shore was 21 and unprepared for the wounds she'd care for at the 3rd Field Hospital. 'We saved a lot of lives,” the South Florida resident says.