In commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Declarations of War by various countries, the publisher has reduced the price of digital version of
HEROIC MEASURES for the next few days. (The price of the print version remains the same.) Buy Link:
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August 3-4, 1914 are dates considered the official start date of the hostilities given that many declared by writ or by action that they existed in state of war.
The assassinations of Archduke Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo June 28, 1914 certainly began the tragic series of events that culminated in millions of men, women and children dying world wide in the 4 year conflict that followed.
HEROIC MEASURES tells the story of the 22,000+ American women who volunteered to serve in the Army Nurse Corps and sail to France to serve.
What facts about them should you know and honor them for:
- They volunteered, but were considered Army recruits.
- They earned half—yes, HALF—the pay of an Army private.
- They worked shifts that lasted 12 hour, but as the battles intensified and many wounded came to their operating tents and base hospitals—they worked 24 and 36 hours. Many of them dropped from fatigue. Hundreds died of tuberculosis, diseases and influenza. None died in combat, but hundreds served right in back of the front lines.
- This is the first time that American woman go abroad to serve in the thousands.
- Because this is the period in American history when the civil rights rule was to have "separate but equal" facilities for African-Americans, the Army established a separate African American Army Nurse Corps to serve the African-American recruits.
- A nurse signed a pledge to serve until the end of the war. She could not decide to go home at will, but had to remain in the Corps until the end. Just like a soldier.
- I hope you will read my book for more insight into these marvelous women who served in a time of abject need.
