Leora Belle Stroup photograph collection. ca. 1944-1948.

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Leora Belle Stroup photograph collection. ca. 1944-1948.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48227088

Contains the following types of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII). Contains photographs of the following military unit: Army Nurse Corps. General description of the collection: The Leora Belle Stroup photograph collection was donated by Olive Hay, whose relationship is unknown. There are many Signal Corps and U.S. Marine Corps stock photographs for WWII, showing Iwo Jima, Guam, Okinawa, the Philippines, especially Manila, Los Negros; Marcus Islands, Guadalcanal, Corregidor, and Japan; also photos she took or received from other nurses of those sites. A collection of photos of her service while stationed at Pusan, Korea, following the war. She was especially interested in the flora and farms of the regions where she served as well as the natives and their culture. There are many photos showing those aspects of the islands and of Pusan and Inchon, Korea. Photos of nurses and their activities from doing laundry, the huts/barracks, hospital duties, social life and sightseeing. It is a very interesting collection showing the female side of Army life during and just after WWII.

1 box (841 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7591370

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Stroup, Leora Belle.

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Leora Belle Stroup was a United States (U.S.) Army nurse who served in the Pacific Islands near the end of WWII. From the description of Leora Belle Stroup photograph collection. ca. 1944-1948. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 48227088 ...

United States. Army Nurse Corps

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The Army Nurse Corps was established on Feb 2, 1901. From the description of Records, 1951-1961 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007188 ...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...