Trump ordered the Texas infantry base restored to its original name. That's stirred mixed emotions for Col. Robert B. Hood's ...

Rudolph, who grew up in the Chicago area, graduated from Denbard High School in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, in 1960, and graduated from the nursing program at St. Olaf College in Northfield in 1964, owing ...

After four years in the Reserves, Lt. Lomax was honorably discharged from the Army Nurse Corps in April 1953. Description An Army Nurse Corps (ANC) insignia pin worn by Lt. Louise Lomax as part of her ...

In the lead up to International Nurses Day on May 12, two Filipina-born Australian Army nurses have proudly worn their uniforms supporting Exercise Balikatan in the Philippines. Captain Krezeil ...

FORT JOHNSON, La. — 1st Lt. Crystal Absher knows what it means to serve those who serve. After years working as a civilian nurse and building her career while supporting her Family through ...

Recruited from nursing school, she signed up with the Army Nurse Corps and was assigned to Vietnam, spending a year at the 24th EVAC Hospital in Long Binh, just outside Saigon, helping treat some ...

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The uniform was worn by Brigadier General Hazel Johnson-Brown, the first African American woman to achieve that rank and the first African American to serve as Chief of the Army Nurse Corps. Credit ...

After years of being barred from a segregated military, she became the first Black nurse in the regular U.S. armed forces. She was later an Air Force officer. By Clay Risen Nancy Leftenant-Colon ...

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, barrier-breaking military nurse, dies at 104 In 1948, she became the first African American in the regular Army Nurse Corps. She later served in Vietnam with the Air Force.

About 7,000 U.S. women served overseas as nurses during the Vietnam War. These veterans are working to ensure their contributions are honored on Veterans Day 2024.