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Title
[Chief
station
nurse
"
Salty
"
Miriam
Altee
,
1946-1947]
Date
1946-1947
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
United States. Navy--Women
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Post World War II, Korea (1947-1963)
Service branch
Navy--Navy Nurse Corps
Veteran's name
Rubin, Jeanne Grushinski
Veteran's biography
Jeanne
Grushinski
Rubin
(1918-2015)
served
in the
United
States
Navy
Nurse
Corps
from
1942
to
1948
and in the
U.S
.
Navy
Reserve
Nurse
Corps
from
1959
to
1978
.
Jeanne
Grushinski
Rubin
was
born
17
April
1918
in
Stirling
,
New
Jersey
. She
graduated
from
Morristown
High
School
in
1936
, and
began
classes
at
Bellevue
Hospital
School
of
Nursing
in
New
York
in
1937
,
graduating
in
1940
.
After
the
attack
by the
Japanese
on
Pearl
Harbor
,
Hawaii
, in
December
1941
,
Rubin
decided
to
join
the
United
States
Navy
Nurse
Corps
. For
six
months
,
beginning
in
November
1942
, she
trained
at
U.S
.
Navy
Hospital
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
, and in
May
1943
she was
assigned
to
U.S
.
Naval
Hospital
Pensacola
,
Florida
,
where
she was
commissioned
lieutenant
junior
grade
.
In
July
1944
,
Rubin
,
along
with
two
other
navy
nurses
, was
assigned
to
U.S
.
Naval
Hospital
San
Leandro
,
California
,
where
they were
tasked
with
helping
to
prepare
the
hospital
for
wounded
military
personnel
from the
Pacific
.
Rubin
received
orders
to
Fleet
Hospital
116
in
Okinawa
,
Japan
in
March
1946
. She
remained
there
until
May
1946
,
when
she
received
another
set
of
orders
to
U.S
.
Navy
Dispensary
Saipan
in the
Mariana
Islands
.
Part
of her
duties
included
treating
wounded
U.S
.
military
, as
well
as
Japanese
prisoners
of
war
.
While
overseas
she was
promoted
to
lieutenant
senior
grade
.
In
May
1947
,
Rubin
was
reassigned
to
Brooklyn
Naval
Hospital
in
New
York
,
where
she
worked
until
April
1948
when
she
married
and
resign
her
commission
in the
Navy
Nurse
Corps
. She
remained
a
part
of the
U.S
.
Navy
Nurse
Corps
Reserve
, and
returned
to
work
at
Bellevue
Hospital
as a
civilian
.
Rubin
retired
from the
U.S
.
Navy
Nurse
Corps
Reserve
in
1978
as a
captain
. She
passed
away
on
5
November
2015
.
Place
Saipan
(Northern
Mariana
Islands)
Type
Image
Original format
photographs
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
WV0570 Jeanne Grushinski Rubin Papers
Collection summary
August
2014
Oral
History
Interview
;
Navy
Nurse
Corps
dress
uniform
(jacket
,
skirt
,
white
shirt
,
tie)
,
overcoat
,
top
coat
,
copies
of
photographs
,
pin
.
Additional
uniforms
(not
Navy
Nurse
Corps)
:
Navy
Winter
Blue
service
women’s
uniform
shirt
with
enlisted
electrician
mate
rating
patch
and
3
service
stripes
on
left
sleeve
and
U.S.S
.
Holland
patch
on
right
sleeve
,
date
unknown
;
Chief
Petty
Officer
(CPO)
service
dress
uniform
(jacket
and
skirt)
with
3
gold
service
stripes
,
date
unknown
.
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN
COPYRIGHT
. This
item
is
subject
to
copyright
.
Contact
the
rights
holder
noted
above
for
permission
to
reuse
.
Object ID
WV0570.6.007
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
907985132
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