ww2

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Jennifer Greenwood
A First United States Army Nurse attends a casualty in a ward specially reserved for patients with burns. Picture taken at the 2d Evacuation Hospital, which landed in Normandy on June 23, 1944.
WW-2 Medics -:)

hospitals

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Nurses and vehicles in muddy conditions Jan. 1945, somewhere in Belgium.

Battle of the Bulge

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A photograph of couples dancing at a Mount Holyoke College Ball.
Women signing in to visit soldiers at a Servicemen's Country Club, Chicago, 1943.

uso/service clubs

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army nurses

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A Present For His Girlfriend, California, 1943
An American nurse in Australia (November 1942). Her expression, hairstyle, body language, and the jaunty angle of her cap combine to project a remarkably contemporary look and feel.
Lot-741-16: U.S. Coast Guard, WWII. SPARS In Training. Brightening the stern of a “Jeep of the Deep” are the smiles of these two SPAR cadets at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut. Going for a trip aboard an 83-foot Coast Guard patrol craft is part of the indoctrination course given future SPAR officers. The SPARS, from left to right, are Helen D. Darland and Leila Leverett. U.S. Coast Guard Photograph. Courtesy of the Librar...

Navy nurses

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Dancers in the Soldier's Memorial Hall, Drouin, Victoria by National Library of Australia Commons, via Flickr

civilian fashion

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“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” – Billy Graham
Psalm 144:11 (NIV) 11 deliver me; rescue me from the hands of foreigners whose mouths are full of lies, whose right hands are deceitful.

Versus

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Did you ever see two people look so radiant? The bride is gorgeous in her simple green dress and corsage, and the young man is just beaming with pride in this simple wartime wedding.
"Atonement" coats

nurses

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