Title
Red Cross Nurses in the Ready Room of the USS Yorktown
Description
Five Army Red Cross nurses sit in the pilots' chairs in a ready room aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) and talk with a pilot, Lt. jg Arthur Larson, and Public Relations Officer, Lt. Thomas Smith.
Left to right the nurses are Maxine Hamilton, Okie Pennington, Helen Monroe, Ruth Hamill, and Martha Pabst.
Left to right the nurses are Maxine Hamilton, Okie Pennington, Helen Monroe, Ruth Hamill, and Martha Pabst.
Collection
Okie Romans Collection
Context
An Army Red Cross nurse serving in the Pacific during World War II, Lt. Okie Pennington was in charge of a group of nurses being transported to Okinawa aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10) being on May 16, 1945.
Accession #
2025.6
