Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC) onboard Naval Support Activity Bethesda (NSAB) celebrated the 106th birthday of the Navy Nurse Corps on May 13 with a cake-cutting ceremony in the ...
1838 - The Exploring Expedition led by Lt. Charles Wilkes embarks on a world cruise. 1908 - The first Navy Nurse Corps superintendent, Esther Voorhees Hasson, is appointed. Under her leadership, 19 ...
Ann "Darby" Reynolds, Captain, Nurse Corps, US Navy, (ret) died February 25, 2024, at Riverwoods, Exeter NH. Born in Dover, NH on 12 Sept 1939, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Ann Reynolds ...
Hannah Cvancara, a 26-year-old orthopedic nurse, had one leg amputated as a 1-year-old because of a condition in which the bones in her legs, ankle and foot don’t grow with her body. She is now trying ...
Lt. Holly Sapien, a Navy Nurse Corps officer (second from left), pauses for a photo on April 15 after responding to a medical emergency on a Washington state ferry. (Douglas Stutz/Courtesy photo) A ...
She joined the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps in 1944 while World War II was raging across the globe. After being stationed at Parris Island, S.C., she met a patient, a soon-to-be naval aviator, who would ...
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