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Date

1944-08-19

Maker

Signal Corps Photo from ACME

Dimensions

8 1/8 x 10 in. (20.6 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

2007.219.000

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Representative Frances Bolton awarded the Purple Heart to fellow Ohioan Arthur Cassity during a 1944 trip to England. The primary purpose of her overseas visit was to inspect the military hospitals and nursing program she helped create through the Bolton Act in 1943. It established the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, which trained nurses in exchange for military service.

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