Army Nurse Corps WWII Beige Uniforms
COL Betsy Vane, ANC Historian
In WWI nurses lacked a good off-duty uniform, undermining morale. Unfortunately, WWII would start with a limited number of uncomfortable and inappropriate uniforms for nurses due to a number of challenges: The Army Quartermaster Corps was not prepared to design or supply so many female uniforms. They faced the scarcity of materials, facilities, and manpower, along with wartime rationing difficulties which delayed uniform production.
Beige one-piece dress donated by LTC Nola Forrest, who wore this uniform during her service as Chief Nurse of the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations.
Read the entire article in the AMEDD Historian Newsletter, Number 15 Autumn 2016: https://ckapfwstor001.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/achh/AMEDD_history_newsletter_No_15_1.pdf
AMEDD Museum, Joint Base San Antonio, Fort Sam Houston, TX, 09JUN2016 (U.S. Army photo by Francis S. Trachta/Released)
| Date Taken: | 06.24.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 03.10.2022 12:56 |
| Photo ID: | 7086937 |
| VIRIN: | 160609-A-VG084-5303 |
| Resolution: | 2988x5032 |
| Size: | 8.2 MB |
| Location: | FORT SAM HOUSTON, TEXAS, US |
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