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    Making WAVES: Remembering the First Women of the Hospital Corps [Image 3 of 4]

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    Making WAVES: Remembering the First Women of the Hospital Corps

    FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

    03.17.2023

    Photo by André B. Sobocinski, Historian 

    U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery

    HM1 Ruth Flora (1918-1995) was one of the pioneering WAVES in World War II. She remained in the service after World War II and in 1948 was selected to become the first woman corpsman on active duty.

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    Date Taken: 03.17.2023
    Date Posted: 03.17.2023 15:55
    Photo ID: 7687597
    VIRIN: 230317-N-N1526-003
    Resolution: 1654x1654
    Size: 348.32 KB
    Location: FALLS CHURCH, VIRGINIA, US

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