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Blanche Berrier Brinkley Collection

Blanche Berrier Brinkley of Lexington, North Carolina, served in the United States Navy Nurse Corps from 1943 to 1945.

Army Hostess truck
Photo of a Library Headquarters truck, circa 1945. The side of the truck reads,"Special Services...Army Hostess, Library Headquarters." The Army Hostess and Librarian Service half-moon symbol is on the side of the truck.
Blanche Berrier Brinkley in white uniform
Blanche Berrier Brinkley poses in the Navy Nurse Corps white uniform with service cap, white oxford shoes, and black handbag.
Blanche Berrier Brinkley outside building
Blanche Berrier Brinkley, in Navy Nurse Corps blue uniform with garrison hat, poses outside a wooden building in 1943. Several bicycles are parked on the porch.
Blanche Berrier Brinkley with James Smith
Blanche Berrier Brinkley and James Smith pose together in front of a vehicle in 1943. Brinkley wears the Navy Nurse Corps blue uniform and service cap with navy blue cover.
Navy nurse heads for the shower, Japan
A navy nurse wearing a head wrap, possibly Blanche Berrier Brinkley, walks down a dirt path toward the shower facility at a post in Okinawa, Japan, circa 1944.
Ruins of a bombed building
Ruins of a bombed building, circa 1945.
Servicemen read in a lounge
Servicemen read in a lounge, circa 1945.
USS Consolation
Photograph of the U.S. Navy hospital ship U.S.S. Consolation, circa 1943.

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