Women and the military; World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American; United States. Army Nurse Corps; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Veterans -- Connecticut -- Interviews; Military nursing; World War, 1939-1945 -- Women
Rose Murphy began her career as a nurse at Yale University Hospital. After Pearl Harbor was bombed and WWII began, she was called into active duty as an army nurse in the Southern Pacific.
She received her basic training in California, which...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American ; Douglas DC-4 (Transport plane);
The Douglas C-54 Skymaster was a four-engined transport aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II. The airplance was derived from a civilian airliner (the Douglas DC-4).
World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Connecticut; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy; Airplanes -- American; Airplanes, Military -- Piloting;
The "Urgin Virgin", a Douglas C-47 Skytrain which Jesse Harrison flew. 1944