African American US Army Nurse Corp 1944 Acme Photo WWII Black WAC WAAC J14742

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African American US Army Nurse Corp 1944 Acme Photo WWII Black WAC WAAC J14742:
$1999.00

DETAILS:Original Type 1 photograph of a group of African American nurses from the US Army Nurse Corp (ANC)stationed in Australia during World War Two. Dated February 22, 1944.Verso has Acme News Service snipealong with photographerscredits.Photos of black nurses serving in the ANC during the war are exceptionally rare.

BACKGROUND: African American nurses during World War II played a crucial, trailblazing role in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps (ANC), overcoming systemic segregation and a discriminatory quota system to serve their country. While roughly 500 Black nurses served in the ANC by the end of the war, they often faced restrictions limiting them to treating only Black soldiers and German prisoners of war (POW)

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