Capt. Della H. Raney, Army Nurse Corps, was the first African American nurse to report to duty in World War 2. Photo from the U.S. National Archives.
African American nurses of the 25th Station Hospital Unit in Liberia during World War 2. Photo published in The American Foreign Service Journal, June 1943, p. 293. Photo also available from the U.S. National Archives.
See our Biography section to learn about Nurse Getrude Ivory Bertram, pictured center front above.
Learn more about these nurses in Chapter 3 of: