United States Army Nurse Corps

The United States Army Nurse Corps (NC) is an American army branch. It was created by the United States Congress in the year of 1901. This Special Branch together with five other ones form together the Army Medical Department (AMEDD).

Army Nurse Corps (U.S. Army)
The Army Nurse Corps branch insignia
Active	1901 – present day
Country	United States
Branch	United States Army
Motto(s)	Embrace the past – Engage the present – Envision the future

The Nurse Corps is the nursing service for the U.S. Army and provides qualified nursing staff in support of the plans of the United States Department of Defense.

All work must be in favor of the wellness of warriors and their families.

United States Army Nurse Corps Media

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  World War II Army Nurse Corps recruiting poster

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  Five American Civil War nurses at 1916 Massachusetts encampment; Helen E. Smith, Susan C. Mills, Margaret Hamilton, Mary E. Smith, and Lovisa Tyson.

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  Nurses during the American Civil War

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  Nurses, personnel, and patients of United States Base Hospital 32 in Contrexeville, France in 1918.

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  WWII Army Nurse LT Katherine Flynn Nolan, a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, Bastogne, Belgium (18 December 2004).

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  WW2-era recruitment poster

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  First black nurses landed in England in 1944, led by Captain Mary L. Petty

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  Archbishop James Duhig meeting with United States Army nurses ca. 1944 at St Stephen's Cathedral.

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  U.S. Army nurse wearing a helmet and fatigue uniform.

Other websites

Media related to U.S. Army Nurse Corps at Wikimedia Commons

References

• This article has started as a summary of the article on English Wikipedia