In this Book
- Beyond the Call of Duty: Army Flight Nursing in World War II
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: The Kent State University Press
In her comprehensive book, author Judith Barger brings together information that is becoming less accessible as the former nurses succumb to age, infirmity, and death. Barger interviewed twenty-five of these pioneering women in 1986 when their recall of their service experiences was still vivid and informative. Building on Barger’s earlier research, their stories and the numerous complementary photographs included in the volume bring to life this long overdue tribute to Army flight nursing in World War II.
Beyond the Call of Duty offers the only in-depth account of the events leading up to the formation of the military flight nurse program, their training for duty, and the air evacuation missions in which they participated. Readers of military history, women’s history, and nursing history will find all three interests represented in this book, which gives new meaning to a phrase in the Flight Nurse Creed of 1943: “I will be faithful to my training, and to the wisdom handed down to me by those who have gone before me.”
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright, Quote
- pp. i-vii
- Maps and Illustrations
- pp. x-xi
- 01 Origin of Flight Nursing
- pp. 1-24
- 03 Flight Nurse Training
- pp. 39-63
- 06 Flight Nurses behind Enemy Lines
- pp. 96-111
- 08 Flight Nurse Prisoner of War
- pp. 131-140
- 11 Flight Nurse Image in Mind and Media
- pp. 179-198
- 12 Challenges of Wartime Flight Nursing
- pp. 199-226
- Bibliography
- pp. 263-270
- Back Cover
- p. BC