The Army Nurse
Subtitle: Vol. 01, No. 04
Publisher: Nursing Division, Office of the Surgeon General.
Published: 1944
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Description: Vol. 01, No. 04
April 1944
Table of contents: title: The Cover 1; title: Nurses Part In Rehabilitation 1; title: Delayed Morphine Poisoning 2; title: The Story Of The A.N.C. Uniform 2; title: The Silver Star Decoration, 4; title: Names Released Of Nurses Killed At Anzio 4; title: Pledge Of The Amy Nurse 4; title: Use Discretion With The Slacks 4; title: Per Diem For Temporary Duty 5; title: Brides May Wear Bridal Apparel 5; title: Nurses And Publicity 5; title: More About Ports Of Embarkation 5; title: The 66-I Card And Officers In The Hospital 6; title: Estimated Income Tax For 1944 Due 6; title: Nurse Corps Songbook Progresses 6; title: A Remedy for Seasickness 6; title: Make A Will 6; title: Nurse Corps Song Now Ready 7; title: Physio-Therapy Department 7; title: News Of The Nurse Cadets 7; title: U. S. Nurses How In China 8; title: New Manual On Bandaging 8; title: What About Conferences? 8; title: Speaking Of A.N.C. Spirit 8; title: Dietetics Classes In Australia 9; title: Be Proud Of Your Rank 10; title: Quartermaster Catalog For Overseas 10; title: Questions And Answers 10; title: As We Were Saying 12; title: THE COVER; title: For heroism during action on the Fifth Army's Anzto-Nettuno beachhead in Italy, three officers of the Army Nurse Corps are awarded the Silver Star, the first three women in the history of the United States Army to receive that decoration. The decorations are here presented by Major General John P. Lucas U.S. Army, to (left to right) Lieut. Mary L. Roberts, Dallas; Lieut. Elaine A. Roe, of Whitewater, Wis., and Lieut. Rita Virginia Rourke, Chicago. All three are cited for their coolness and efficiency during a concentrated shelling in February of a field hospital area. Several nurses were killed and many other military personnel were wounded. Power lines were cut, and doctors and nurses were forced to treat and evacuate the wounded by flashlight.