World War II Allied Nursing Services

World War II Allied Nursing Services
Title World War II Allied Nursing Services PDF eBook
Author Martin Brayley
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages 144
Release 2012-02-20
Genre History
ISBN 1780964498

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The skill and care of the women of the Allied military nursing services was remembered gratefully by hundreds of thousands of wounded servicemen. The small peacetime services increased rapidly by enrolling reservists and volunteers; the great majority of the nurses who cared for Allied casualties were 'civilians in uniform', who worked tirelessly under difficult conditions and in tented hospitals close to the front lines in real danger; many nurses paid for their devotion with their lives. This first-ever fully illustrated study of the US, British, Commonwealth, and other nursing organisations includes many unpublished photographs and 24 meticulously illustrated colour figures.

World War II Allied Women's Services

World War II Allied Women's Services
Title World War II Allied Women's Services PDF eBook
Author Martin Brayley
Publisher Osprey Publishing
Pages 0
Release 2001-09-25
Genre History
ISBN 9781841760537

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The contribution of women to the Allied war effort during World War II (1939-45) was massive. Apart from their many vital roles 'on the home front', about a million Soviet, 500,000 British and 200,000 American women, and tens of thousands from other Allied nations, served in uniform with the armed forces. To put these figures in perspective: enough American women served to free sufficient able-bodied men to form 15 infantry divisions. It was not only in the USSR that their duties took them into harm's way; hundreds of British Commonwealth and US servicewomen died, and many were decorated. This book gives a concise introduction to the organisation and uniforms of these services, with an emphasis on the British and US forces.

G. I. Nightingales

G. I. Nightingales
Title G. I. Nightingales PDF eBook
Author Barbara Brooks Tomblin
Publisher University Press of Kentucky
Pages 276
Release 2003-11-28
Genre History
ISBN 9780813190792

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Recounts the history of the Army Nurse Corps, whose members served with but not in the armed forces, and describes the experiences of nurses in every theater of World War II, including the special situation faced by African American nurses.

World War II Front Line Nurse

World War II Front Line Nurse
Title World War II Front Line Nurse PDF eBook
Author Mildred A. MacGregor
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Pages 457
Release 2008-11-17
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 047203331X

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The riveting personal account of a Michigan nurse's experiences in France, Germany, and Africa during the Second World War

And If I Perish

And If I Perish
Title And If I Perish PDF eBook
Author Evelyn Monahan
Publisher Anchor
Pages 530
Release 2007-12-18
Genre History
ISBN 0307424782

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In World War II, 59,000 women voluntarily risked their lives for their country as U.S. Army nurses. When the war began, some of them had so little idea of what to expect that they packed party dresses; but the reality of service quickly caught up with them, whether they waded through the water in the historic landings on North African and Normandy beaches, or worked around the clock in hospital tents on the Italian front as bombs fell all around them. For more than half a century these women’s experiences remained untold, almost without reference in books, historical societies, or military archives. After years of reasearch and hundreds of hours of interviews, Evelyn M. Monahan and Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee have created a dramatic narrative that at last brings to light the critical role that women played throughout the war. From the North African and Italian Campaigns to the Liberation of France and the Conquest of Germany, U.S. Army nurses rose to the demands of war on the frontlines with grit, humor, and great heroism. A long overdue work of history, And If I Perish is also a powerful tribute to these women and their inspiring legacy.

Sisters In Arms

Sisters In Arms
Title Sisters In Arms PDF eBook
Author Nicola Tyrer
Publisher Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pages 292
Release 2008-09-18
Genre History
ISBN 0297855697

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The remarkable true story of the Queen Alexandra frontline nurses in the Second World War. The amazing experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses in the Second World War form one of the greatest adventure stories of modern times, and - incredibly - remain largely untold. Thousands of middle-class girls, barely out of school, were plucked from sheltered backgrounds, subjected to training regimes unimaginably tough by today's standards, and sent forth to share the harsh conditions of the fighting services. They had to deal with the most appalling suffering, yet most found reserves of inner strength that carried them through episodes of unrelieved horror. Over 200 nurses died, torpedoed in hospital ships, bombed in field hospitals or murdered in Japanese prison camps. Dozens won medals for gallantry. From the beaches of Dunkirk, to Singapore and D-Day, they saw it all. Whether tending burned pilots from the Battle of Britain or improvising medical treatment in Japanese death camps, their dedication was second to none. This is their story.

World War II Allied Nursing Services

World War II Allied Nursing Services
Title World War II Allied Nursing Services PDF eBook
Author Martin Brayley
Publisher Osprey Publishing
Pages 0
Release 2002-06-25
Genre History
ISBN 9781841761855

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The skill and care of the women of the Allied military nursing services was remembered gratefully by hundreds of thousands of wounded servicemen of World War II (1939-1945). The small peacetime services increased rapidly by enrolling reservists and volunteers; the great majority of the nurses who cared for Allied casualties were 'civilians in uniform', who worked tirelessly under difficult conditions and - in tented hospitals close to the front lines - in real danger; many nurses paid for their devotion with their lives. This first-ever fully illustrated study of the US, British, Commonwealth, and other nursing organisations includes many unpublished photographs and 24 meticulously illustrated colour figures.