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

Synopsis

[this Book Offers An] 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--dust Jacket. Prologue -- Origin Of Flight Nursing -- Military Air Evacuation Tries Its Wings -- Flight Nurse Training -- From Flight Nurse Graduation To Arrival Overseas -- Flight Nursing On The European Front : North Africa, Sicily, Italy -- Flight Nurses Behind Enemy Lines -- Flight Nursing On The European Front : United Kingdom, France, North Atlantic -- Flight Nurse Prisoner Of War -- Flight Nursing On The Pacific Front : Pacific Islands -- Flight Nursing On The Pacific Front : Alaska, China-burma-india -- Flight Nurse Image In Mind And Media -- Challenges Of Wartime Flight Nursing -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Unpublished Flight Nurse Interviews With The Author. Judith Barger. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.