"Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital, Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea. Left to right: Sgt. Lawrence McKreever, patient; 2nd Lt. Prudence Burns, ward nurse; 2nd Lt. Elcena Townscent, chief surgical nurse; and an unidentified nurse.", 06/22/1944

"Surgical ward treatment at the 268th Station Hospital, Base A, Milne Bay, New Guinea. Left to right: Sgt. Lawrence McKreever, patient; 2nd Lt. Prudence Burns, ward nurse; 2nd Lt. Elcena Townscent, chief surgical nurse; and an unidentified nurse."

2nd Lieutenant Frances Bullock applies a dressing to a wounded soldier's hand in an Army hospital.

"A contingent of 15 nurses,.arrive in the southwest Pacific area, received their first batch of home mail at their station." 268th Station Hospital, Australia. Three of the nurses are Lts. Prudence L. Burns, Inez Holmes, and Birdie E. Brown

Pvt. J.B. Slagle, USA, receives his daily dressing of wounds on board USS Solace (AH-5) enroute from Okinawa to Guam.

Nurse Frances Bullock wheels a wounded soldier back to his bed in the orthopedics ward of an Army hospital.

Nurse training. A torpedoed sailor receives burn treatment from a doctor, with student nurse Susan Petty in attendance. Care of burns gets special emphasis in the education of every nurse today, for war casualties almost invariably include victims of burns Creator(s): Henle, Fritz, 1909-1993, photog

Encased in a body and leg cast, this soldier must have constant care. Here, Army nurse Frances Bullock helps him to a drink of fruit juice

A thrilling experience for student nurses is the first assignment to the operating room. Student nurse Frances Bullock (left) hands instruments to a surgeon during an operation