Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE ARMY NURSE

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Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. THE ARMY NURSE

1945

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Shows activities in the training and service of army nurses. Reel 1 contains brief scenes of nurses working at a field hospital. Shows miscellaneous aspects of nurses' life and training, emphasizing their ruggedness. Reel 2 depicts various nurses' assignments, showing work at the following kinds of hospitals: evacuation, general, field, ship, and debarkation. Gen. Clark decorates nurses. Shows nurses who were prisoners of war. The superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps, Col. Florence A. Blanchfield, asks the audience to buy victory bonds to finance the care of wounded servicemen.

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Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984

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Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984) was born in Madison Barracks, New York. After he graduated from West Point in 1917, he commissioned in the infantry. During World War I, he became wounded in combat while commanding a battalion in France. He served with the War Department General Staff from 1921 to 1924. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1935 and the Army War College two years later. Between 1940 and 1942, he served at General Headquarters and then Army Ground Forces. He rose ...