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Army Nurse First Graduate First Army Nurse Corps Officer
Harriet Decker Noyes of Manitowoc Wisconsin becomes the first graduate of the army school of nursing to be appointed to the army nurse corps She enters as second lieutenant after completing studies at Lawrence college Camp Wheeler Camp Lee Walter Reed Hospital and affiliated hospitals Harris calls the school a valuable addition for wartime and peacetime army needs
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Washington
Harriet Decker Noyes
Manitowoc
Wisconsin
Army School of Nursing
Army Nurse Corps
Miss Noyes
Lawrence College
Appleton
H. A. Noyes
Heppner
Oregon
Camp Wheeler
Camp Lee
Children’s Hospital
Washington, D. C
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
New York City
Walter Rede Hospital
Walter Reed Hospital
Army
United States