Women veterans from the Civil War, World War II, the Korean ... inherent in these military stories. Women's history is just the latest casualty. Civil War Army nurse Caroline Burghardt and her ...

While women had served in various unofficial or contracted capacities in the U.S. military for decades before ... in the Pacific Theater during World War II, as well as the Korean and Vietnam ...

got involved in World War II. Puerto Ricans joined the military, though many served in segregated Hispanic units. Puerto Rican nurses tried to volunteer but were turned away until 1944, when the Army ...

Women have a rich history in the U.S. military. They served as nurses dating back to World War I, but with some limited exceptions, women could not serve in other capacities until World War II.

Image caption, Sister Evershed was one of two women who died during the Battle of Normandy Sister Evershed died alongside fellow nurse Sister Dorothy Field, from Ringwood in Hampshire, on 7 August ...