This episode follows the story of Lt. Dorothy M. Delmar, mother of a TCU staff member, and explores the legacy of World War II nurses, examining how we view their work through a modern-day lens.
Audio Credits
Iowa PBS. Experiences of a Female Nurse during World War II. September 14, 2015.
Kallen, Kitty. It’s Been a Long, Long Time. Performed with Harry James and His Orchestra, Columbia Records, 1945.
Nurses in the Army Big Picture, Episode 290. District of Columbia: Army Pictorial Service, 1954.
Sounds Exciting (freesound), “War Planes Overhead!” Pixabay, 2022.
Soul_Serenity_Ambience, “heartbeat.” Pixabay, 2024.
Trading_Nation. “transition base.” Pixabay, 2022.
Zeno’s Warbird Videos. The U.S. Army Nurse in World War II – 1944. American Women Go to War 1941–45: The Untold Story—Eleven Restored Films. 2015.
Sources
Kassraie, Aaron. “Meet the Four Highest-Ranking Women in the U.S. Military.” AARP, March 16, 2023.
“News about Nursing.” The American Journal of Nursing 45, no. 10 (1945): 852–70.
Threat, Charissa J. Nursing Civil Rights: Gender and Race in the Army Nurse Corps. University of Illinois Press, 2017.
Gabby Campos
Gabby Campos is a Computer Information Technology major with a minor in
Women & Gender Studies, and plans to pursue a career in STEM education.
Emilia Hernandez
Emilia is a sophomore studying mechanical engineering at TCU, where she combines her analytical skills with a love for history and storytelling. A Fort Worth, Texas native, she is passionate about exploring the intersections of war and memory.
For Further Reference
Bellafaire, Judith. The Army Nurse Corps : A Commemoration of World War II Service. U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1993.
Kassraie, Aaron. “Meet the Four Highest-Ranking Women in the U.S. Military.” AARP, March 16, 2023.
Tomblin, Barbara Brooks. G.I. Nightingales: The Army Nurse Corps in World War II. The University Press of Kentucky, 2001.
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered. “Flight Nurses of the Second World War.” April 7, 2023.
Meet Our Guests
Howard Horne was born in Denison, Texas, in 1958 and lived there until he was seven. In 1965, his family moved to Fort Worth, which has been his home ever since. He is a staff member at TCU Printing & Copying and has been working at TCU since 1995. He is the son of WWII nurse Lt. Dorothy M. Delmar, whose experiences on the frontlines inspired him to preserve his mother’s stories. Through sharing his mother’s legacy, Howard brings a unique, personal perspective to the sacrifices and resilience of WWII’s unsung heroes.
Dr. Charissa Threat is an Associate Professor of History and Associate Dean at Chapman University’s Wilkinson College. Her research focuses on civil-military relations and the intersections of race, gender, and conflict in twentieth-century America. She is the author of Nursing Civil Rights (2015), which received the 2017 Lavinia L. Dock Award for excellence in nursing history.