Nurses in the Ready Room of the USS Yorktown

Name/Title

Nurses in the Ready Room of the USS Yorktown

Description

Five Army and 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.

Context

An Army 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.

Collection

Okie Romans Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.6

Source or Donor

Okie Eula Pennington Romans

Acquisition Method

Donation

Update Date

March 14, 2025