Agnes Lowe may have turned 100 but she’s still got work to do.  She’s advocating for long-overdue recognition. Lowe is ...
This video highlights the incredible bravery of military nurses 1LT Marian Charlotte Jones and 1LT Edna Nina Statman, who ...
Mary Hawkins spent 13 months flying the wounded out of the Pacific Theater, becoming one of the few women to be awarded the ...
NEW YORK — They were young Army nurses in World War II, sharing a room and experiences that forged an extraordinary bond. A monsoon destroyed part of their hospital on a South Pacific island. They ...
For Agnes Lowe’s 100 th birthday, she would’ve liked to have been recognized and honored for her veteran status as one of the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps members from World War II. That hasn’t happened yet ...
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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 ...
To the Editor: Roberta Baker wrote a story in January 2024 on my father (Joseph W. McLaughlin) and my mother (Barbara R. McLaughlin), who were World War II veterans. He was turning 100 years old. My ...
When Kathryn “Kay” McQuade told her family she had registered to work as a nurse during World War II, her mother was heartbroken. Name: Allen Fuchs U.S. Navy ...
Although embarking on a 28-day voyage to see glaciers and volcanoes at 106 years old is a remarkable feat on its own, Alice Beck Darrow’s journey to Honolulu aboard Holland America Line’s Westerdam ...
SUNLAND, Calif.—When Paul Ludden visits his mother in the nursing home, he sits on her bed and sings with her. Dorothy, 94 years old, remembers words to 1940s ditties. But she struggles to find ...