army nurse corps

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Rhona Knox Prescott, who served in the Army Nurse Corps during the Vietnam War.

During World War II, Reba Z. Whittle served in the United States Army Nurse Corps. After the aircraft she was aboard was shot down in September 1944, she became the first American female military prisoner of war in the European Theater.

The National Memorial Day Concert May 30 will honor Veterans from different eras. Here’s a preview of some of those stories.

During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Diane Carlson, who served as a nurse during the Vietnam War.

During Women’s History Month, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Helen Girardi Veshosky, who served as a nurse during World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Martha Ellen Birkhead, who served in the U.S., Italy and South Korea in the Army Nurse Corps.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Elnora D. B. Daniel, who served in the Army Nurse Corps and retired as a colonel.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Mary F. Scherer Koenke, who served as an Army nurse in Texas and Colorado in the 1970s.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Stacy Combs, who served as a nurse in Washington D.C. and Texas between 2003 and 2009.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Veteran Lola Mae Rhoades Olsmith, who served as a nurse during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, which started Jan. 30, 1968.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Phyllis M. Gervais who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War II and the Korean War.

Today's #VeteranOfTheDay is Juanita Redmond Hipps, a United States Army Nurse from 1936 to 1969. She wrote a bestseller that inspired the movie So Proudly We Hail.