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Maury Regional Medical Center, Columbia; Maury Regional Medical Center (Spring Hill) McNairy Regional Hospital (Selmer, Tennessee) Memphis Mental Health Institute; Memphis VA Medical Center (Tennessee) Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge, operated by Covenant Health; Methodist North Hospital (Memphis) Methodist South Hospital (Memphis)
Rosie the Riveter (Westinghouse poster, 1942). The image became iconic in the 1980s. American women in World War II became involved in many tasks they rarely had before; as the war involved global conflict on an unprecedented scale, the absolute urgency of mobilizing the entire population made the expansion of the role of women inevitable.
During World War II the first flight nurses uniform consisted of a blue wool battle dress jacket, blue wool trousers and a blue wool men's style maroon piped garrison cap. The uniform was worn with either the ANC light blue or white shirt and black tie. After 1943 the ANC adopted olive drab service uniforms similar to the newly formed WAC.
Several hundred thousand women served in combat roles, especially in anti-aircraft units. The Soviet Union integrated women directly into their army units; approximately one million served in the Red Army, including about at least 50,000 on the frontlines; Bob Moore noted that "the Soviet Union was the only major power to use women in front-line roles," [2]: 358, 485 The United States, by ...
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[1] The 39th Evacuation Hospital was part of the Medical Branch of the United States Army during World War II. It received the Meritorious Unit Commendation for service rendered during the Battle of the Bulge .
Attacks on hospitals in Poland during World War II (11 P) Pages in category "Attacks on hospitals during World War II" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
During World War II, the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) established numerous airfields in Tennessee for training pilots and aircrews of USAAF fighters and bombers. Most of these airfields were under the command of Third Air Force or the Army Air Forces Training Command (AAFTC) (A predecessor of the current-day United States Air Force Air ...