Beyond the call of duty
Barger, Judith, 1948-
Beyond the call of duty Army flight nursing in World War II / [electronic resource] : Judith Barger. - Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xx, 285 pages :) illustrations, maps ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.
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-- Flight Nurse Image in Mind and Media -- Challenges of Wartime Flight Nursing -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Unpublished Flight Nurse Interviews with the Author.
9781612776774 1612776779
United States. Army Air Forces --History.
United States. Army Nurse Corps --History.
United States. Army --Nurses--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
Nurses--History--United States--20th century.
Transport of sick and wounded--History--United States--20th century.
Aviation nursing--History--United States--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--United States.
Electronic books.
D807.U6 / B37 2013
940.54/75
Beyond the call of duty Army flight nursing in World War II / [electronic resource] : Judith Barger. - Kent, Ohio : Kent State University Press, [2013] - 1 online resource (xx, 285 pages :) illustrations, maps ;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-269) and index.
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-- Flight Nurse Image in Mind and Media -- Challenges of Wartime Flight Nursing -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Unpublished Flight Nurse Interviews with the Author.
9781612776774 1612776779
United States. Army Air Forces --History.
United States. Army Nurse Corps --History.
United States. Army --Nurses--History--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
Nurses--History--United States--20th century.
Transport of sick and wounded--History--United States--20th century.
Aviation nursing--History--United States--20th century.
World War, 1939-1945--Medical care--United States.
Electronic books.
D807.U6 / B37 2013
940.54/75