On Sept. 14, 2024, the Nurse Honor Guard had the privilege of honoring a remarkable woman, Rosetta Pals, a WWII Army nurse who passed away at the age of 100.

Within the U.S. military, World War II made the nurse an indispensable aspect of battlefield medical care. One of the infrequently recognized sacrifices of Army nurses was the time spent as ...

“She (became) the first U.S. Army nurse educator, and then trained other nurses, who ultimately would be in combat situations in Korea and Vietnam,” Erickson adds. McKay left the service in ...

Regina Benson, 100, a former Army nurse who served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, is interviewed at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., for an upcoming video project, July 10, 2020.

Military Nurses in Philippines Engulfed in WWII. Credit: Courtesy of U.S. Army Military History (WOMENSENEWS)–Dec. 9, 1941. Day Two. U.S. Army Sternberg General Hospital, Manila, the Philippines.

WAUWATOSA, Wisconsin — Sixteen million Americans served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II.Survivors are well over 90 years old now, and there are just 66,000 left. Among them, a woman ...

During WWII, Briard enlisted to work as a first lieutenant Army Nurse in Hawaii. “Oh, I felt it was very important,” Briard said. “They were needed.” ...

Mary R. Pardue, a World War II Army nurse who was awarded a Bronze Star for treating patients in a field hospital in Italy while under attack by German artillery in November 1944, is buried at ...

Marjorie Jothen is 105 and going strong, an army nurse who saved lives during World War II. And at 105, Jothen’s still got it. She’s been singing most of her life, often in church choirs.