A coalition of retired military nurses and others is pushing to award the Congressional Gold Medal to World War II nurses.

Deliverance: Vice Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, Commander, Seventh Fleet, poses with the liberated nurses on Leyte on 23 February 1945. Lieutenant Nash is in the front row, second from right. Lieutenant ...

Alice Darrow shows a photo of herself from when she was a nurse during World War II, Oct. 23, 2025, at her home in Danville, California. (Laure Andrillon/AP) DANVILLE, Calif. — At age 106, Alice ...

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Although embarking on a 28-day voyage to see glaciers and volcanoes at 106 years old is a remarkable feat on its own, Alice Beck Darrow’s journey to Honolulu aboard Holland America Line’s Westerdam ...

“The nurses could not do enough for us. We knew they truly cared about us. They gave us the best treatment possible, and I saw them cry when a patient died.” This is one of many powerful comments from ...

WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Tribune News Service) — In March of 1945, there was a parade honoring the homecoming of Lt. Margaret “Peggy” Nash, a U.S. Navy nurse who had served in the Philippines, where she was ...