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Enlist in a proud profession! : join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps.

Image of a woman in a gray dress military uniform with a "CADET NURSE" sleeve patch. She has light-colored hair and wears a beret.
Date: 1943
Creator: Edmundson, Carolyn Moorhead, 1906-
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

Enlist in a proud profession-- : join the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps : a lifetime education free! for high school graduates who qualify.

Profile image of a woman wearing a gray dress cadet nurse uniform.
Date: 1943
Creator: United States. Federal Security Agency.
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

A lifetime education free for high school graduates who qualify: U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps.

A woman in a gray military uniform is shown in the right foreground. In the left background are two young women in dresses, carrying books and looking at the uniformed woman.
Date: 1945
Creator: Ross, Alexander, 1909-
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Volunteering On the Homefront Exhibit]

Photograph of a exhibit entitled "Volunteering on the Homefront." There are various uniforms and photographs visible as part of the exhibit. the exhibit includes the US Cadet Nurse Corps and the WASP.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, August 4, 1996

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Transcript of an interview with Evelyn Myers McCune, nurse, concerning her experiences as a civilian secretary with the State Department in Washington, D.C., before the and during World War II. McCune discusses her educational background; decision to take a position with the State Department in early 1941; adjustments in moving from a town of 2,500 people to the nation's capitol; personal observations of the activities at the Japanese embassy on December 7, 1941; wartime living conditions, rationing, and transportation adjustments; social life; comments and observations of Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Japanese ambassadors Saburo Kurusu and Kichisabura Nomura, Ambassador Joseph Grew, and Eleanor Roosevelt; working with diplomatic codes; incident involving President Roosevelt's stamp collection; and her decision to join the Cadet Nurse Corps, 1944.
Date: August 4, 1996
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & McCune, Evelyn Myers, 1918-
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library

Be a cadet nurse : the girl with a future.

Color poster of two women in cadet nurse uniforms (probably two views of the same woman). The woman on the left wears a military-style uniform with blue jacket and cap. The woman on the right wears a white nurse's uniform with a nurse's cap. Both women are wearing cadet nurse shoulder patches and caduceus (medical symbol) pins.
Date: 1944
Creator: Whitcomb, Jon
Object Type: Poster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Micki and Jim George, May 10, 2001 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Micki and Jim George, May 10, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Micki and Jim George. Micki George completed Cadet Nurse Corps training in 1948. She traveled with a USO Unit out of Dallas and worked with the Nurse Corps in California and with Special Services as a chauffeur, chaperone and pianist for performances. She was stationed in the US and did not travel overseas. Micki was discharged from military service in 1950. She and Jim met at the University of Texas at Austin, while completing their medical degrees. Jim joined the Army in December of 1945. He served in the Korean War as a combat medic in a field MASH Unit, and was discharged in 1950.
Date: May 10, 2001
Creator: George, Micki & George, Jim
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Micki and Jim George, May 10, 2001 transcript

Oral History Interview with Micki and Jim George, May 10, 2001

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Micki and Jim George. Micki George completed Cadet Nurse Corps training in 1948. She traveled with a USO Unit out of Dallas and worked with the Nurse Corps in California and with Special Services as a chauffeur, chaperone and pianist for performances. She was stationed in the US and did not travel overseas. Micki was discharged from military service in 1950. She and Jim met at the University of Texas at Austin, while completing their medical degrees. Jim joined the Army in December of 1945. He served in the Korean War as a combat medic in a field MASH Unit, and was discharged in 1950.
Date: May 10, 2001
Creator: George, Micki & George, Jim
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edith Scott, November 28, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Edith Scott, November 28, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edith Scott. Scott graduated from high school in 1942. She began nursing school in October of 1943 at John Sealey College of Nursing (now the University of Texas Nursing School) in Austin. She joined the US Cadet Nurse Corps and graduated in 1946, after the war ended. She describes in detail her experiences through nursing school and corps training. Scott also notes that there were several Japanese ladies going through training with her. She goes on to share her life pursuits after graduation.
Date: November 28, 2015
Creator: Scott, Edith
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Edith Scott, November 28, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Edith Scott, November 28, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Edith Scott. Scott graduated from high school in 1942. She began nursing school in October of 1943 at John Sealey College of Nursing (now the University of Texas Nursing School) in Austin. She joined the US Cadet Nurse Corps and graduated in 1946, after the war ended. She describes in detail her experiences through nursing school and corps training. Scott also notes that there were several Japanese ladies going through training with her. She goes on to share her life pursuits after graduation.
Date: November 28, 2015
Creator: Scott, Edith
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History
St. Edward's Cadet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 1945 (open access)

St. Edward's Cadet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 14, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 25, 1945

Semimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward’s Military Academy in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the academy community along with advertising.
Date: April 25, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
St. Edward's Cadet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 1945 (open access)

St. Edward's Cadet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 6, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 28, 1945

Semimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward’s Military Academy in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the academy community along with advertising.
Date: November 28, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
St. Edward's Cadet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 7, 1945 (open access)

St. Edward's Cadet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 7, 1945

Semimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward’s Military Academy in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the academy community along with advertising.
Date: March 7, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
St. Edward's Cadet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 1945 (open access)

St. Edward's Cadet (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 7, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 1945

Semimonthly student newspaper from St. Edward’s Military Academy in Austin, Texas that includes news and information of interest to the academy community along with advertising.
Date: December 12, 1945
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Male Army Nurses: The Impact of the Vietnam War on Their Professional and Personal Lives (open access)

Male Army Nurses: The Impact of the Vietnam War on Their Professional and Personal Lives

As American involvement in Vietnam escalated in the 1960s, the military's need for medical personnel rose as well. A shortage of qualified nurses in the United States coupled with the requirements of providing adequate troops abroad meant increased opportunity for male nurses. To meet the needs of Army personnel, the Army Nurse Corps actively recruited men, a segment of the nursing population that had previously faced daunting restrictions in the Army Nurse Corps (ANC). Amidst mounting tension, the Army Student Nurse Program began accepting men and provided educational funding and support. Additionally, Congress extended commissions in the Regular Army to previously excluded male nurses. Men answered the call and actively took advantage of the new opportunities afforded them by the demands of war. They entered the educational programs and committed to serve their country through the ANC. Once admitted to the corps, a large percentage of male nurses served in Vietnam. Their tours of duty proved invaluable for training in trauma medicine. Further, these men experienced personal and professional growth that they never would have received in the civilian world. They gained confidence in their skills and worked with wounds and diseases seldom seen at home. For many, the opportunities …
Date: August 2000
Creator: Hess, Lucinda Houser
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Nurse Training, Title VIII of the Public Service Act (open access)

Nurse Training, Title VIII of the Public Service Act

This report provides a history of changing nature of federal support for health education and training programs.
Date: October 27, 1976
Creator: Price, Richard
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

[Photograph 2012.201.B1320.0431]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Fay Hancock (left) wears the winter uniform of the U. S. cadet nurse corps--a jacket suit of gray wool--while Sonja Gover wears the summer outfit of gray and white striped cotton."
Date: August 18, 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, September 8, 2007 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, September 8, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bernice Shafer. Shafer was born in Ackley, Iowa 26 December 1926. She began nurse training at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Des Moines in 1941. Upon graduating in 1944, she entered the US Army Nurse Corps and began basic training at Camp Carson, Colorado. When she completed basic, she was assigned to Leonard General Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. After a period of time, she was shipped to Camp Pendleton, California in preparation for an overseas assignment. Shafer was assigned to the 311th Hospital Unit and boarded the USS Monterey (CVL-26), bound for Manila. She tells of the primitive conditions encountered in setting up the hospital. Designated as an operating room nurse, she describes working up to forty hours straight and the various types of battle casualties that were treated. She recalls that patients were transported to the hospital by ambulance, jeep and helicopter. In February 1946, Shafer returned to the United States aboard the USS West Point (AP-23), arriving at New York City after passage through the Panama Canal.
Date: September 8, 2007
Creator: Shafer, Bernice
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, September 8, 2007 transcript

Oral History Interview with Bernice Shafer, September 8, 2007

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Bernice Shafer. Shafer was born in Ackley, Iowa 26 December 1926. She began nurse training at Mercy Hospital School of Nursing in Des Moines in 1941. Upon graduating in 1944, she entered the US Army Nurse Corps and began basic training at Camp Carson, Colorado. When she completed basic, she was assigned to Leonard General Hospital, Topeka, Kansas. After a period of time, she was shipped to Camp Pendleton, California in preparation for an overseas assignment. Shafer was assigned to the 311th Hospital Unit and boarded the USS Monterey (CVL-26), bound for Manila. She tells of the primitive conditions encountered in setting up the hospital. Designated as an operating room nurse, she describes working up to forty hours straight and the various types of battle casualties that were treated. She recalls that patients were transported to the hospital by ambulance, jeep and helicopter. In February 1946, Shafer returned to the United States aboard the USS West Point (AP-23), arriving at New York City after passage through the Panama Canal.
Date: September 8, 2007
Creator: Shafer, Bernice
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women's Volunteer Memorial Display]

Photograph of a WWII women's volunteer display in a glass museum case. Four kinds of uniforms can be seen on display, along with posters, photos, and signs that say things like, "Volunteering on the Homefront" and "U.Cadet Nurse Corps".
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

Oral History Interview with Anna K. Schelper, October 24, 2007

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Interview with Major Anna K. Schelper, a Army WWII veteran from San Antonio, Texas. Schelper discusses her parents, growing up, her education and becoming a nurse, joining the Army Nurse Corps, experiences serving throughout the Pacific Theater, service in hospitals after the war, continued education and promoting, and reflections on her career and being a servicewoman. In appendix are Schelper's Army service record, a letter from two former patients to the 23rd Field Hospital, a scan of some of her letters which were printed in a book, and a scan of some sections from The Army Nurse Corps: Yesterday and Today by Mary M. Roberts.
Date: October 24, 2007
Creator: Quick, Janice & Schelper, Anna K.
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
[A Pocket Reference Guide: Army-Navy-Marine Corps] (open access)

[A Pocket Reference Guide: Army-Navy-Marine Corps]

Booklet belonging to Jack Vaughan, which lists Army, Navy, and Marine Corps insignias and what they signify.
Date: March 1943
Creator: Newsweek Magazine
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sarah Kay Dukote, September 1, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Sarah Kay Dukote, September 1, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Sarah Kay Dukote. Dukote decided to become a neruse after having her appendix removed when she was a teenager. She finished high school in 1938 and went to nursing school in Kentucky, completing the course in September 1941. She joined the Army the day after he attack on Pearl Harbor. Her first assignment was at Fort Knox in the tuberculosis ward and the venereal disease ward. In late 1942, Dukote was transferred to a hospital in Hawaii at Schofield Barracks. She stayed there a few years and returned to the US just before the war ended. SHe opted for discharge when the war ended.
Date: September 1, 2015
Creator: Dukote, Sarah Kay
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Sarah Kay Dukote, September 1, 2015 transcript

Oral History Interview with Sarah Kay Dukote, September 1, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Sarah Kay Dukote. Dukote decided to become a neruse after having her appendix removed when she was a teenager. She finished high school in 1938 and went to nursing school in Kentucky, completing the course in September 1941. She joined the Army the day after he attack on Pearl Harbor. Her first assignment was at Fort Knox in the tuberculosis ward and the venereal disease ward. In late 1942, Dukote was transferred to a hospital in Hawaii at Schofield Barracks. She stayed there a few years and returned to the US just before the war ended. SHe opted for discharge when the war ended.
Date: September 1, 2015
Creator: Dukote, Sarah Kay
Object Type: Sound
System: The Portal to Texas History