WWII Army Nurse Corps Summer Service Uniform RARE Collection, Original NAMED

Description: ***NOT INCLUDED with purchase: white blouse and insignia shown in pictures - for reference only*** We are honored to present this fully restored Summer Service Uniform Set for your special collection! Please see our other listing of Lt. Ruth A. Olson's full Winter Service uniform set. WWII Army Nurse Corps Summer Service Uniform RARE Collection, Original NAMED Lt. Ruth A. Olson Served Auckland, New Zealand, Guam, Guadalcanal & Okinawa. Provenance and digital records with purchase - see history and details below. USPS Priority Mail + Insurance included w/purchase.NOTE: we have many more detailed photos - so please request if needed. Summer Service Uniform 7 items included (measurements - see photo)Dress uniform jacket khaki color - Fischbein Brothers - Named Button up blouse khaki color w/two button cuffs - Fischbein Brothers - NamedField pants - RARE jodhpurs style - khaki color - Fischbein Brothers - Named - a few tiny stainsVisored service cap - khaki color - Named - some discoloration/wear(Shirt)waist Dickey khaki color - from collection, but no nameTie khaki - from collection, but no nameTie maroon - vintage wool - not from Ruth's collection Provenance: Ancestry WWII service records - digital files2 newspaper interviews with Lt. Ruth A. Olson - digital files (see photos for first article)Video links - "The Army Nurse" 1945 vintage movie & 39th General Hospital/Lt. Elsie Smith archive - please request via messageBrief history from Lt. Olson’s great nephew - included below Brief History:Ruth Amanda Olson was born on January 25, 1911 in Marshall County, KS. She was the oldest of 9 children born to Inman Albin Olson and his wife, Hilvie Johnson Olson. After High School, Ruth taught school for a few years before entering nurses training at Trinity Lutheran Hospital in Kansas City, MO in 1934. She graduated in August of 1937. She joined the Red Cross right after Pearl Harbor, but then entered the Army Nurse Corp on March 25, 1942. She went to Fort Riley, Kansas and then to Camp Stoneman, California. She then was assigned to the 39th General Hospital in New Zealand and sent over to open and serve at the hospital. She also served in Guadalcanal, Guam, and lastly, Okinawa during the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Additional info: Cornwall Hospital was constructed in Cornwall Park, Auckland, New Zealand during World War II by the American Army and was named the 39th United States General Hospital. It accommodated casualties from the war in the Pacific. The 39th General Hospital opened on 4 February 1943 and consisted of 123 prefabricated buildings, 48 wards, clinic and surgery spaces, staff recreation halls and barracks. Over 1000 patients could be accommodated, and there were more than 60 doctors, 143 nurses and hundreds of auxiliary staff. Patients arrived in Auckland on hospital ships from initial treatment centers in New Caledonia, Espiritu Santo, the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu) and Fiji.

Price: 1000 USD

Location: Canon City, Colorado

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