The purpose of this essay is to explain and provide information regarding the courage and trials that our WWII nurses endured. During World War II the need for Army nurses was so great that the Army Nurse Corps began allowing healthy, willing women to join, and the United States Army found many uses for these enthusiastic women. The change in American society during World War II included greater opportunities and higher status for American nurses with increasing educational benefits provided by the government. Complications with personnel and medical supplies during the bombings of Pearl Harbor, Schofield Hospital, and Hickam Field demonstrate their ability to handle pressure and be helpful in crisis situations. New field training was then developed for all newly commissioned nurses, by Lieutenant General Brehan B. Somervell, commanding general of the Army Service Forces. In December 1943 the US War Department decided that existing and future demand for Army nurses was sufficient and all local volunteer committees were informed by telegram to stop recruiting by the Red Cross. During World War II, with more than 59,000 nurses serving in the Army Nurse Corps, there were many different nursing practices undertaken by women. The dangerous situations these extraordinary women faced as nurses in field hospitals constantly under fire. “I'm on night duty, twelve hours and it's really tough. We're having an air raid again. I have six wards of patients. Some of them are frenetic. I gave the worst ones all the sedation prescribed. I can hear the Germans going up from time to time. Keep doing whatever needs to be done. I'm so tired. –June Wandrey, Combat Nurse” (Those Incredibs… center of paper… and that medical units in the European theater were stretched to the breaking point.” President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the nurses The nursing bill passed the House, but was one vote away from the Senate before Germany surrendered. Over 10,000 army nurses were drafted in 1945, making the bill unnecessary to inform and explain the evidence and findings that our brave U.S. Army Corps nurses went through. They were extraordinary women and valiant in their duties, training to better help their fellow soldiers. Sometimes they risked their lives and for the greater good the war effort. "The women who came forward were valued as citizens of the nation, not as women. THIS IS A PEOPLE'S WAR AND EVERYONE WAS IN IT." (Quote from the WWII memorial in Hawaii.).