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The Army Nurse Corps stopped being all-female in 1955; [27] that year Edward L.T. Lyon was the first man to receive a commission in the Army Nurse Corps. [28] During the Vietnam War many Army nurses would see deployment to South East Asia. Army nurses would staff all major Army hospitals in the theater, including Cam Ranh Bay, Da Nang, and ...
Following Hays' promotion, Elizabeth P. Hoisington, Director of the Women's Army Corps, was also promoted to the rank of brigadier general. [15] [8] Hays said in her address to the gathering, that the general stars "reflect[ed] the dedicated, selfless, and often heroic efforts of Army nurses throughout the world since 1901 in time of peace and ...
Julia Otteson Flikke (March 16, 1879 in Viroqua, Wisconsin – February 23, 1965 [1]) was an American nurse.Her service to the United States Army Nurse Corps spanned both world wars and included overseas assignments in the Philippines and China.
Created the Health Promotion Model. 2012 Muriel Poulin: Columbia University: Boston University: Professor emerita at Boston University. Fulbright Scholar in Barcelona. 2013 Clara Leach Adams-Ender: University of Minnesota: Walter Reed Army Medical Center: Former chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps: 2013 Hattie Bessent: University of Florida
Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown (October 10, 1927 – August 5, 2011) [1] [2] was a nurse and educator who served in the United States Army from 1955 to 1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the United States Army and the first Black chief of the United States Army Nurse Corps. [3]
1901: The United States establishes the Army Nurse Corps as a permanent part of the Army. The Corps remains all-female until 1955. [1] [2] 1908: The United States establishes the Navy Nurse Corps on 13 May. The Corps remains all-female until 1965. [1] [3] The first 20 nurses (the first women in the Navy) report to Washington, D.C. in October ...
Pages in category "United States Army Nurse Corps officers" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Colonel Ruby Bradley (December 19, 1907 – May 28, 2002) was a United States Army Nurse Corps officer, a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II, and one of the most decorated women in the United States military. [1] She was a native of Spencer, West Virginia but lived in Falls Church, Virginia, for over 50 years.