Beyond the call of duty : Army flight nursing in World War II /

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At the height of World War II, five hundred Army flight nurses served with the Army Air Forces as members of thirty-one medical air evacuation squadrons located throughout the world on both the European and Pacific fronts. Their work was not insignificant: over one million patients were evacuated by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barger, Judith, 1948-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2013]
Temas:
United States. > Army > Nurses > History > 20th century.
United States. > Army Nurse Corps > History.
United States. > Army Air Forces > History.
United States > Army
United States > Army Nurse Corps
United States > Army Air Forces
États-Unis. > Army > Infirmières > Histoire > 20e siècle.
United States. > Army
United States. > Army Air Forces
United States. > Army Nurse Corps
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Medical care > United States.
Aviation nursing > United States > History > 20th century.
Transport of sick and wounded > United States > History > 20th century.
Nurses > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
Military Nursing > history
World War II
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Soins médicaux > États-Unis.
Soins infirmiers en vol > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Transport des malades et des blessés > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Infirmières > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Participation des femmes.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Armed Forces > Nurses
Aviation nursing
Medical care
Military participation > Female
Nurses
Transport of sick and wounded
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue
  • Origin of Flight Nursing
  • Military Air Evacuation Tries Its Wings
  • Flight Nurse Training
  • From Flight Nurse Graduation to Arrival Overseas
  • Flight Nursing on the European Front : North Africa, Sicily, Italy
  • Flight Nurses behind Enemy Lines
  • Flight Nursing on the European Front : United Kingdom, France, North Atlantic
  • Flight Nurse Prisoner of War
  • Flight Nursing on the Pacific Front : Pacific Islands
  • Flight Nursing on the Pacific Front : Alaska, China-Burma-India
  • Flight Nurse Image in Mind and Media
  • Challenges of Wartime Flight Nursing
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix : Unpublished Flight Nurse Interviews with the Author.

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