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Author:
Barger, Judith, 1948-
Title:
Beyond the call of duty : Army flight nursing in World War II / Judith Barger.
Publisher:
Kent State University Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xx, 285 pages : black and white illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm
Subject:
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.
United States.--Army--History--History--20th century.
United States.--Army Nurse Corps--History.
United States.--Army Air Forces--History.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Female.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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-- Flight Nurse Image in Mind and Media -- Challenges of Wartime Flight Nursing -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Unpublished Flight Nurse Interviews with the Author.
ISBN:
1606351540 (hardcover)
9781606351543 (hardcover)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)822667662
LCCN:
2012048161
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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