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Army Nurses in Santo Tomas Internment 
	 Camp, 1943

Army Nurses in Santo Tomas Internment Camp, 1943. Left to right: Bertha Dworsky; Sallie P. Durrett; Earlene Black; Jean Kennedy; Louise Anchieks; Millei Dalton. Picture taken by Japanese.

Major Maude C. Davison, ANC, and
	   First Lieutenant Eunice F. Young, ANC

Major Maude C. Davison, ANC, Office of The Surgeon General, Washington, D.C., Commanding Officer of the Army nurses imprisoned at Santo Tomas, P.I., chatting with First Lieutenant Eunice F. Young, ANC, of Arkport, New York, liberated prisoner of war from Santo Tomas, P.I., at Letterman General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, California. Public Relations Office, Letterman General Hospital, Presidio of San Francisco, Calif.

US Army Nurse Beatrice E. Chambers,  	
	   recently delivered from the Jap[anese] Prison Camp Santo Tomas, with her brother and friend upon her arrival at Hickam 
	   Field, Oahu, T.H.

US Army Nurse Beatrice E. Chambers recently delivered from the Jap[anese] Prison Camp Santo Tomas, is reunited with her brother and friend upon her arrival at Hickam Field, Oahu, T.H. Left to right: LT James Chambers, USNR of Pasadena, Calif., LT Beatrice E. Chambers, ANC and MAJ Goodale ANC of Hickson Field.

Liberated nurses visit their first PX
	   in 3 years

A big piece of heaven-that is the name given to the first PX that these Army nurses have been in three years. They are part of a group of fifty-four Army Nurses who were liberated from a Jap[anese] internment camp after being prisoners for over three years.

Lieut. Colonel Nola G. Forrest, 
	   Director of Nursing in the SWPA, distributes orders to the liberated Army Nurses

Lieut. Colonel Nola G. Forrest, Director of Nursing in the SWPA, distributes orders to the liberated Army Nurses before their take-off by plane to the United States.

Army nurses, taken prisoners by the 
	   Jap[ane]s[e] at Bataan and Corregidor and recently freed from the Santo Tomas University Civilian Concentration Camp at Manila, are
	   awarded Bronze Stars, along with promotions

Army nurses, taken prisoners by the Jap[ane]s[e] at Bataan and Corregidor and recently freed from the Santo Tomas University Civilian Concentration Camp at Manila, are awarded Bronze Stars, along with promotions, before their departure for the United States. Brig. Gen. Guy B. Denit, Chief Surgeon, SWPA, made the presentations at the 1st Convalescent Hospital, Tolosa, Leyte Island. 20 February 1945]

Group of Army nurses ready to fly to 
	   the United States were released from Santo Tomas University Civilian Concentration Camp in Manila.

Group of Army nurses ready to fly to the United States were released from Santo Tomas University Civilian Concentration Camp in Manila. They were taken prisoners by the Japanese on Bataan and Corregidor. Brig. Gen. Denit, Chief Surgeon, Southwest Pacific Area awarded them the Bronze Star and promotions. 20 February 1945. [SC 385010]

LT Rosemary Hogan gets new bars from 
	   Maj. Juanita Redmond.

LT Rosemary Hogan gets new bars from Maj. Juanita Redmond.

US Army nurses from Bataan and 
	   Corregidor, freed after 3 years imprisonment in Santo Tomas Internment Compound climb into trucks as they Leave Manila, Luzon, 
	   P.I.

US Army nurses from Bataan and Corregidor, freed after 3 years imprisonment in Santo Tomas Internment Compound climb into trucks as they Leave Manila, Luzon, P.I.

Manila during February 8-12, 1945. 
	   U.S. Army Nurses from Bataan and Corregidor, freed after three years imprisonment in Santo Tomas Interment Compound, climb into 
	   trucks as they leave Manila, Luzon, P.I.

Manila during February 8-12, 1945. U.S. Army Nurses from Bataan and Corregidor, freed after three years imprisonment in Santo Tomas Interment Compound, climb into trucks as they leave Manila, Luzon, P.I., on their way home to the U.S. The nurses are wearing new uniforms given to them to replace their worn out clothes. [12 February 1945]