Nurse Alice Beck Darrow, a former longtime Lake County resident, met the Navy sailor who would become her husband when he ...

A lifelong story of love and service has been brought into the public eye through a compelling donation to a World War ...

World War II Navy Nurse Alice Darrow’s voyage to Hawaii on a Holland America cruise was more than a trip of lifetime, but a ...

NEW YORK — They were young Army nurses in World War II, sharing a room and experiences that forged an extraordinary bond. A monsoon destroyed part of their hospital on a South Pacific island. They ...

A new exhibition is shining a light on the World War 2 service of 101 Christchurch nurses, with personal profiles on each. The exhibition is on show in the historic Nurses' Memorial Chapel at ...

Last Updated on September 5, 2025 by Matt Staff History moves on the choices of people, not just dates. The figures of World ...

Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out of societal norms to take on roles that were essential to the Allied ...

With the rescue team now on site at the island, the marooned Army nurses could finally breathe easy, their day of excitement winding down. Except for nurse Ruth Ann Tonry, that is. Her heart was ...

When Kathryn “Kay” McQuade told her family she had registered to work as a nurse during World War II, her mother was heartbroken. The youngest of eight children and the first in her family to finish ...

Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are not exempt from Defense Department's sweep of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts within the U.S.

SUNLAND, Calif.—When Paul Ludden visits his mother in the nursing home, he sits on her bed and sings with her. Dorothy, 94 years old, remembers words to 1940s ditties. But she struggles to find ...