Beyond the Call of Duty: Army Flight Nursing in World War II

Contents

List of Maps and Illustrations ix Preface xi Prologue xvii 1. Origin of Flight Nursing 1 2. Military Air Evacuation Tries Its Wings 25 3. Flight Nurse Training 39 4. From Flight Nurse Graduation to Arrival Overseas 64 5.  Flight Nursing on the European Front: North Africa, Sicily, Italy 82 6. Flight Nurses behind Enemy Lines 96 7.  Flight Nursing on the European Front: United Kingdom, France, North Atlantic 112 8. Flight Nurse Prisoner of War 131 9. Flight Nursing on the Pacific Front: Pacific Islands 141 10.  Flight Nursing on the Pacific Front: Alaska, China-Burma-India 166 11. Flight Nurse Image in Mind and Media 179 12. Challenges of Wartime Flight Nursing 199 Epilogue 227  Appendix: Unpublished Flight Nurse Interviews with the Author 231 Notes 233 Bibliography 263 Index 271 C on t e n t s ...