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THE APACHE

Nurses Leave The Fort for New Station

Today 25 nurses from the Station Hospital leave the Fort for duty at Camp Beale, California. This is the largest shipment of "women in white" to leave this station.

Those leaving are Capt. Della H. Raney, Suffolk, Virginia; 1st Lt. Mary L. Williams, Ft. Worth, Texas; 2nd Lts. Rosetta Austin, Savannah, Ga.; Ada H. Bailey, New York City, N. Y.; Bernice E. Britton, Clover, Va.

2nd Lts. Gladys S. Brown, Camden, N. J.; Mary P. Burton, Kilmarnock, Va.; Vinie L. Curry, Winston-Salem, N.C.; Evelyn Decker, Washingtonville, N. Y.; Carolyn E. Dillon, New York, City, N. Y.; Thelma A. Gallman, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Louise K. Jenkins, Yark, Pa.

2nd Lts. Ada E. Mack, Greenville, S. C.; Lourene F. Martin, Princess Anne, Md.; Virginia Mobley, Haverhill, Mass.; Mary J. Mondore, Philadelphia, Pa.; Thelma N. Reynolds, Atlantic City, N. J.; Mary M. Rogers, Savannah, Ga.; Ethel M. Stanley, New Bern, N.C.

2nd Lts. Lydia C. Wiles, New York City, N. Y.; Clara E. Bridges, Atlanta, Ga.; Patti D. Evans, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Velma N. Brown, St. Louis, Mo.; Paradene V. Alford, Jacksonville, Fla.; Hazel P. Reid, San Diego, Calif.

Capt. Raney, one of the three Negro nurses holding this rank, has the distinction of being the first Negro nurse to report for duty in World War II. When called into the service, she was serving as Operating Room Supervisor in the Lincoln Hospital, Durham, N. C., from which she graduated.

Capt. Raney was commissioned a 2nd Lt. April 25, 1941, and saw her first active duty in Ft. Bragg, N. C., March 9, 1942, she was promoted to first Lt. and transferred to Tuskegee Army Air Field as Principal Chief Nurse.  Advancing to her present rank in June, 1944, she came to the Fort on July 7, 1944, where she has served as Principal Chief Nurse until leaving.

1st Lt. Margaret Ann Key of Philadelphia, will assume the position of Principal Chief Nurse.  Lt. Key is a graduate of Provident Hospital, Baltimore, Md., and was called to active duty July 17, 1941. Prior to coming here, she was stationed in Camp Livingston, La., where she was promoted to the present rank. Since her arrival, July 1, 1942, she has served as assistant to the Principal Chief Nurse.

Faces In Uniform
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[[caption]] Major Della H. Raney who is [[illegible]] at Percy Jones Army Hospital, Battle Creek; Mich. A native of Suffolk, Va. Major Raney is the first of our nurses to see active duty in World War II and the first to attain that rank.  She is a graduate of Va. State College and Lincoln School of Nursing. [[/caption]]


Race Nurses Staff Hospital In Calif.

CAMP BEALE, Cal. — ANP) — Headed by Captain Della H. Raney, one of the only three Negro nurses holding this rank, 25 Negro nurses now compose the entire nursing staff of the station hospital at Camp Beale.  Captain Raney's staff of one first lieutenant and 23 second lieutenants from army states of the south and east was transferred here from Fort Huachuca, Arizona.

"I have only the highest praise for Captain Raney and this fine group of nurses," states Col. C.W. Comfort, Jr., post surgeon. "They are doing excellent work here in caring for our patients and show results of thorough training."

Although Negros are stationed at Camp Beale with the army service forces personnel replacement depot, work at the station hospital is with all races. Only a small percentages of the hospital patients are Negroes.

Nurses in the group are 1st Lt. Mary L. Williams, Fort Worth, Tex., and 2nd Lts. Rosetta Austin, Savannah, Georgia; Ada H. Bailey, New York City, Bernice E. Britten, Clover, Va.; Gladys S. Brown, Camden, N.J.; Mary P. Burton, Kilmernock, Va.; Ninie L. Curry, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Evelyn Dicker, Washingtonville, N. Y.; Carolyn E. Dillon, New York City; Thelma A. Gallman, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Louise K. Jenkins, York, Pa.; Ada E. Mack, Greenville, S. C.; Laverne F. Martin, Princess Anne, Md.; Virginia Mobley, Haverhill, Mass.; Mary J. Mondore, Philadelphia; Thelma N. Reynolds, Atlantic City; Mary M. Rogers, Savannah, Ga.; Ethel M. Stanley, New Bern, N. C.; Lydia C. Wiles, New York City; Clara E. Bridges, Atlanta; Patti D. Evans, Oklahoma City; Velma N. Brown, St. Louis; Paradine D. Alford, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Hazel P. Reid, San Diego, Cal.

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