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Photographer: Photo courtesy of Park Archives
Caption: Dora E. Thompson - Marker Inset Photo
Additional Description: Dora E. Thompson joined the Nurse Corps in 1902 and played an important role in the relief efforts after the 1906 earthquake. In 1914, the Army surgeon general appointed her superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps. She was later Chief Nurse at Letterman General Hospital.

Note also that she held the relative rank of Captain, and that she retired in 1932 after more than 30 years of service.
Submitted: January 4, 2016, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p343510
File Size: 0.066 Megabytes

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