The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established by Congress in 1908; however, unofficially, women had been working as nurses aboard Navy ships...
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The United States Army Nurse Corps (USANC) was formally established by the U.S. Congress in 1901. It is one of the six medical special branches (or "corps")...
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In the United States Navy, commissioned officers are either line officers or staff corps officers. Staff corps officers are specialists in career fields...
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The United States Navy Nurse Corps was officially established in 1908; it was all-female until 1965. After the establishment of the Nurse Corps in 1908...
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Lenah Higbee (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
was a pioneering Canadian-born United States Navy military nurse, who served as Superintendent of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps during World War I. She was the...
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serving in the USAF for wear on uniforms. United States Army Nurse Corps United States Navy Nurse Corps "Nurse Corps Officer (66)". goarmy.com. MSN, Kathleen...
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Angels of Bataan (category Female United States Navy nurses in World War II)
Belles of Bataan") were the members of the United States Army Nurse Corps and the United States Navy Nurse Corps who were stationed in the Philippines at...
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The United States Navy Chaplain Corps is the body of military chaplains of the United States Navy who are commissioned naval officers. Their principal...
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Alene Duerk (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
became the first female admiral in the U.S. Navy in 1972. She was also the director of the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps from 1970 to 1975. She is a 1974 recipient...
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Sacred Twenty (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
were a group of nurses who were the first female members to ever formally serve in the United States Navy representing the Nurse Corps. Officially formed...
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staff corps: Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Nurse Corps, Medical Service Corps, Chaplain Corps, Navy Supply Corps, Judge Advocate General's Corps, and Civil...
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Nancy J. Lescavage (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
retired American rear admiral who served as the 20th director of the Navy Nurse Corps and was the commander of Naval Medical Education and Training Command...
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Hospital corpsman (redirect from United States Navy Hospital Corps)
specialist of the United States Navy, who may also serve in a U.S. Marine Corps unit. The corresponding rating within the United States Coast Guard is health...
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Christine Bruzek-Kohler (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
the 21st Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, and served as the Commander Naval Medical Center San Diego and Navy Medicine West from May 2009...
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Laura M. Cobb (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
Cobb (May 11, 1892 – September 27, 1981) was a member of the United States Navy Nurse Corps who served during World War II. She received numerous decorations...
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Joan Marie Engel (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
(born December 9, 1940) held the position as the 18th Director of the Navy Nurse Corps from September 1994 to August 1998. She concurrently served as deputy...
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Ruth Agatha Houghton (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
1909 – March 10, 1986) was an American nurse who served as the Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps from 1958 to 1962. Houghton was born in...
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Josephine Beatrice Bowman (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
of the United States Navy Nurse Corps. Josephine Beatrice Bowman was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on 19 December 1881. She graduated from nurses' training...
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Frances Shea-Buckley (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
26, 1929 – July 8, 2015) was a United States rear admiral who served as Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps from 1979 to 1983. Frances Teresa...
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Katrina Hertzer (category American nurses)
February 12, 1960) was an American nurse during World War I, serving as Chief Nurse of the United States Navy Nurse Corps. Katrina Elisabeth Hertzer was born...
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Phyllis Mae Dailey (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
American nurse and officer who became the first African American woman either to serve in the United States Navy or to become a commissioned Navy officer...
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Wilma Leona Jackson (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
Leona Jackson was an American nurse and military official who served as the third director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving in that position...
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Ann A. Bernatitus (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
Ann Agnes Bernatitus (21 January 1912 – 3 March 2003) was a United States Navy nurse who served under combat during World War II. She was the first American...
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Sue S. Dauser (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
S. Dauser was the fifth Superintendent of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, guiding the Nurse Corps through World War II. Dauser was born in Anaheim...
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In the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (USPHS Corps), and National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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Veronica Bulshefski (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
Bulshefski (February 2, 1916 – May 25, 1995) was the Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving in that position from 20 April 1966 to 1 May 1970....
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United States establishes the Navy Nurse Corps on 13 May. The Corps remains all-female until 1965. The first 20 nurses (the first women in the Navy)...
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Winnie Gibson (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
Winnie Gibson (1902–2000) was the second director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving in that position from 1950 to 1954. Captain Gibson graduated...
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Karen Flaherty (category Female admirals of the United States Navy)
Navy Medicine at the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery as of August 6, 2010. Flaherty served as the 22nd Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps as...
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Ruth Alice Erickson (category United States Navy Nurse Corps officers)
Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving in that position from 1962 to 1966. As a lieutenant in the Navy Nurse Corps, she witnessed the...
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