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    PUSH APACE TO RECOGNIZE WARTIME NURSES

    Nov 08, 2022 2 minutes

    The 124,000 women who entered the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps addressed a critical wartime nursing shortage. Several in Congress are trying to belatedly recognize their work.

    THEY SIGNED UP IN DROVES because a nation at war was desperate for nurses. In 1943, Congress created the U.S. Cadet

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