Laurie King is an archaeological conservator at The Mariners' Museum and Park, where she works primarily on artifacts recovered from the USS Monitor. Laurie's main projects involve treating metal components from Monitor's engine, and researching rubber gaskets recovered from Monitor with coworkers Lesley Haines and Molly McGath. Laurie has also done extensive research on using dry ice blasting as an abrasive cleaning method for the metals objects on Monitor. Laurie grew up in Newport News and loves working at her hometown museum, working to preserve the collection she visited so much as a child.
Celestial pathfinder Waneta Miller handles a sextant.
第二次世界大战期间,海军储备的妇女分支是志愿急诊服务(WAVES)的妇女。海浪是在1942年7月30日创建的,当时富兰克林·罗斯福总统将海军妇女储备法签署为法律。类似于妇女军(WAC)the WAVES was enacted to allow women to take over certain jobs in the Navy and free up men for sea duty. WAVES were allowed to enlist and were then able to apply for officer’s candidate school. However, it was implied that at the close of WWII, the WAVES would be disbanded. Mildred H. McAfee曾担任海浪中的第一任董事,始于中尉指挥官,最终被提升为上尉。
While the most recognizable way for individuals to serve their country at times of war is through the service branches, there have historically been many other ways in which people served their country abroad and at home. For example, the United Service Organizations, better known as USO, a nonprofit-charitable organization which provides leisure facilities and shows to United States Armed Forces was founded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1941, to “unite several service associations into one organization to lift the morale of [the] military and nourish support on the home front” (USO.com/about).
实际上,D第二次世界大战,据估计,全球约有3,000个USO俱乐部,汉普顿路登机港口was no exception. USO clubs helped soldiers feel at home and gave them the opportunity to step away from the job and the realities of war. They provided leisure, like dances, ping pong tables, and other games; entertainment, sometimes local bands or even Hollywood celebrities would make an appearance (!); and they often had a snack bar, too, selling sandwiches, smokes and soda (but not liquor!) to service people.阅读更多
Major Walter C. Stebbins stands with the 81st Field Hospital Unit during debarkation. To his right is Captain Eileen E. Donnelly Chief Nurse of the 81st Field Hospital Unit since its activation.
The United States Army Nurse Corps (ANC) was formally established by the US Congress in 1901. Women served as nurses in previous wars, but it wasn’t until 1901 that they were officially on Army Payroll. The ANC did not see large numbers of active duty nurses until World War I, when 20,000 registered Nurses joined. Numbers dropped after the end of WWI, and in 1941 there were fewer than 1,000 Nurses in the ANC. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor numbers quickly grew; six months later there were over 12,000 on duty Nurses. Over the course of World War II, over 59,000 nurses served in the ANC,许多在北非,英格兰,缅甸和西南太平洋的国外服务.
虽然许多学者的护理experience, few had military experience. A four week training course was instituted for ANC Nurses which taught陆军组织;军事习俗和礼节;现场卫生;防御空气,化学和机械攻击;人事管理;军事申请和信件以及财产责任。护士s worked in all areas of the army-they went wherever the wounded were, and during WWII they worked close to the front lines.护士在野外医院和疏散医院,医院火车和医院船上以及医疗运输飞机上的飞行护士服役。阅读更多
The Women’s Army Corps (WAC) was formed in 1942; originally it was the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), but it was converted to active duty status in 1943. This made WACs unique to other women’s military groups, because it was the first time, and the only group, that integrated women into the United States Military. Around 150,000 women volunteered to serve in the WAC during World War II. Women were not allowed to fulfill ‘active combat’ roles in the military, but that still left over 250 support roles in the army to step into, from stenographer to map maker, photographer to truck driver, mechanic to switchboard operator. All of these positions were vital to the war effort. Many of the women who joined the WAC had a relative or sweetheart already serving, and hoped to bring their loved ones home sooner by aiding in the war effort.
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