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Flight Nurse on Plane with Wounded
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Flight nurse, Gwen Jensen, on a plane with wounded soldiers. Jensen is wearing a jumpsuit. There are stretchers attached to the sides of the plane with wounded in them. Jensen has her arms out to hold onto the stretchers.
1945
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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Flight nurse student checking on two patients sleeping in bunks.
