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Flight Nurses in Training Pool

Date: 1943
Description: Six female flight nurses in a swimming pool during aquatic training at the at Alameda Naval Air Strip. Four of the women are in a raft, and two women are i...
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Anoxic Faint Chamber

Date: 02 1945
Description: Gwen Jensen, a female flight nurse, poses for a photograph during flight training at Alameda Naval Air Strip. In an anoxic faint chamber, used to simulate ...
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Flight Nurse During Training

Date: 02 1945
Description: A female flight nurse during flight training with patients. She is leaning over the patient in a bunk bed to place a mask. The student is wearing a heavy l...
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Flight Nurse with Her Parents

Date: 1943
Description: Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, visiting with her parents as she prepares to leave U.S. soil. Jensen is kneeling on the floor as her parents are sitting on a be...
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Soldier on Obstacle Course

Date: 1942
Description: A soldier from the 14th Infantry balancing on an obstacle course at Fort Davis, in Panama. The soldier is balancing on a wooden log, and is wearing a sleev...
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Soldiers Training on Obstacle Course

Date: 1942
Description: Two men from the 14th Infantry are running over logs on an obstacle course at Fort Davis, in Panama. One man is wearing a jumpsuit and the other man is wea...

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