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Title	[Director's Conference, Naval Medical School, 1969]
Date	1969-10-24
Subject headings	United States--History--1945- United States. Army--Women United States. Navy--Women
Era	Vietnam Era (1964-1974)
Service branch	Army--Army Nurse Corps Navy--Navy Nurse Corps
Item description	Group photo of head nurses from around the country who attended the Director's Conference at the Naval Medical School in Bethesda, Maryland on 24 October 1969. Participants are pictured in the Navy Nurse Corps dark blue uniform with white gloves and combination hat." Pictured are: (front row) RADM Ballenger, Capt. Vitilla, Capt. Bulshefski, Capt. Collins, Capt. Reilly, Capt. Blaska; (second row) Capt. Smith, Capt. Kovacevich, Capt. Murray, Capt. Feeney, Capt. Brooks, Capt. Maguire, Capt. Smoker; (third row) CDR Butler, CDR Morgan, Capt. Conrad, CDR Williams, Capt. Cannon, CDR Hogan, Capt Morin, CDR Pojeky, CDR Maxine Easter; (fourth row) CDR Hurst, CDR McCleary, CDR Dehler, CDR Walsh, CDR Eberharter, CDR Cornelius, CDR Stafford, CDR Slate, CDR Graves, CDR Shedyak, CDR Yankoski, CDR Brennan, Capt. Schmid, CDR Schuh, CDR Burcham; (fifth row): CDR Houghton, CDR Heimberger, Capt. Duerk, CDR Roller.
Veteran's name	Easter, Maxine Virginia
Veteran's biography	Maxine Virginia Easter served in the Army Nurse Corps from 1942 to 1955 and the Navy Nurse Corps from 1955 to 1970 . Maxine Virginia Easter began her military career in the Army Nurse Corps in 1942. In 1945, she served with the 313th General Hospital in Manila, Philippines, where she cared for prisoners of war. From 1952 to 1954, she was stationed in Europe. Easter served with the army until 1955, when she transferred to the Navy Nurse Corps. She was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, and China Lake and Port Hueneme, California. Easter retired in 1970.
Place	Bethesda (Md.)
Type	image
Original format	photographs
Image type	Posed military unit
Original publisher	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution	Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection	WV0108 Maxine Virginia Easter Papers
Rights statement	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Additional rights information	IN COPYRIGHT. This item is subject to copyright. Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse.
Object ID	WV0108.6.006
Digital publisher	The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number	900811781

[Director's Conference, Naval Medical School, 1969]

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