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In reply to the discussion: Women in science they mysteriously don't teach you about [View all]csziggy
(34,136 posts)Her service is on my mind these days - I'm scanning the photos she collected while she was in service. She never showed us (her daughters) those pictures while Dad was alive because many had men she dated and Dad was not comfortable with that.
She was stationed at Virginia Beach, Camp Pendleton (though the pictures are labeled as Santa Margarita Ranch!), and at Aiea Hospital in Hawaii. Quite a few of the young men she treated for injuries in Camp Pendleton she saw when they returned from battles with injuries. She said they were happy to see a familiar face.
Mom provided some of the information used in the book "In and Out of Harm's Way: A History of the Navy Nurse Corps" by Doris Sterner (http://www.amazon.com/In-Out-Harms-Way-History/dp/0897167066). It's a good read, especially for those interested in the work those women (and men) did.