US Army Nurse ca. 1950's Photo

[338thRCT]

I remember nurses like this coming at me with a hypodermic needle when I was a little kid back in the 50's. There was always a real old one, usually a Major, who was usually skinny as a broom, gray haired and grouchy, who spent most of the time yelling at the enlisted troops on sick-call. Of course, there were some cute ones too that even a little kid could appreciate!

[cutiger83]

Great picture. What kind of room is that? It looks like barracks out the window.

 

....Kat

[338thRCT]

The room could be an exam room of some type, perhaps a lab? Nurses performed many different roles in the old days ie: blood /urine testing, mixing IV meds, dispensing oral meds.The other structure may be a part of a medical complex or some other related function. Those old pre-WW2 structures were, and maybe still are, in use for years after th war . I was in old wood barracks and bulidings back in the early 70's throughout most of my time at Ft Benning and Ft Polk.