In 1940, under growing social and political pressure, President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorized the enlistment of Black aviators in the Army Air Corps. From 1941 until 1946, about 1,000 men were ...

When Army nurse Mildred Bianchi landed on the tiny island of Pantelleria in June 1943, conditions in its tent hospital were primitive at best. There was no running water or electricity in the hospital ...

American Army nurses march in full war gear. The first figures that come to mind as war heroes are undoubtedly soldiers. But oftentimes, it is easy to forget there are others working alongside them in ...

Jill Godby-Murray, started the Lansing chapter of the Nurses Honor Guard in 2011, and for the past 14 years has nurtured it ...

As a young woman, Nancy Leftenant-Colon was walking through a neighborhood in the South when a white passerby spit in her face. That Leftenant-Colon was in a U.S. Army uniform was irrelevant. That she ...

SEMBACH, Germany -- The U.S. Army Nurse Corps anniversary on Feb. 2 celebrates Army nurses who have served honorably in a variety of situations, from war to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief ...

We were inspired by a recent academic editorial that delved into the profound symbolism and evolving nature of nursing ...