Members don traditional WWII-era nurse uniforms, complete with white caps, white shoes, and blue-and-red capes—a powerful symbol dating back to nurses in the Army Corps.

Army and Navy nurses who served their country during World War II are in line to receive recognition via a congressional gold medal as bills have been introduced in Congress.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Louise Lomax joined the Army Nurse Corps (ANC) as a 2nd Lieutenant in March 1943 with the help of the National ...

The Trailblazing Nurses Who Kept the Tuskegee Airmen Flying During World War II, Della Raney became the first Black nurse to enter the Army Nurse Corps since World War I. (Wikimedia Commons) ...