FORT BRAGG, NC- Womack Army Medical Center commemorated the Army Nurse Corps’ 125 years of valor, compassion and service, on February 4, 2026, honoring a legacy that predates the Corps’ official ...
Thousands of Army nurses served during the Vietnam War, treating wounded soldiers on the front lines and comforting many ...
Linda Knightstep was only 9 years old when she made a decision that would determine the path her life would take. “It was very clear to me that caring for others was what i wanted to do," Knightstep ...
During World War II, Della Raney became the first Black nurse to enter the Army Nurse Corps since World War I. (Wikimedia Commons) When the Army Air Corps launched a pathway for Black men to serve in ...
Kathy Shore served as a 21-year-old Army nurse at a front-line hospital during the Vietnam War in 1968. Upon returning to the U.S., Shore faced a negative public perception of Vietnam veterans and ...
Alice Darrow shows a photo of herself from when she was a nurse during World War II, Oct. 23, 2025, at her home in Danville, California. (Laure Andrillon/AP) DANVILLE, Calif. — At age 106, Alice ...
FORT POLK, La. —This summer, Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital welcomed a group of Reserve Officers’ Training Corps nursing cadets to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana.
(KVEO) – A dedicated nurse who served in Vietnam and later in Texas, Janet Speck has spent her career helping others, from treating soldiers in war zones to delivering babies in local hospitals. Speck ...
A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses. DANVILLE, Calif. — At age 106, Alice Darrow can clearly recall her days as a ...