G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II

"Weaving together information from official sources and personal interviews, Barbara Tomblin gives the first full-length account of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps in the Second World War. She describes how over 60,000 army nurses, all volunteers, cared for sick and wounded American soldiers in every theater of the war, serving in the jungles of the Southwest Pacific, the frozen reaches of Alaska and Iceland, the mud of Italy and northern Europe, or the heat and dust of the Middle East. Many of the wo

Author: Barbara Brooks Tomblin
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 11/28/2003
Pages: 254
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.08h x 6.06w x 0.70d
ISBN13: 9780813190792
ISBN10: 0813190797
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | World War II | General
- History | Military | United States
- Medical | History

About the Author

Barbara Brooks Tomblin taught military history at Rutgers University and is the author of several articles and books.

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