And a history-making one. In 1972, after rising through the ranks of the Navy Nurse Corps, she became the first woman to attain the rank of rear admiral. Duerk died on July 21 at 98 at her home in ...
She joined the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps in 1944 while World War II was raging across the globe. After being stationed at Parris Island, S.C., she met a patient, a soon-to-be naval aviator, who would ...
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