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Army nurses proved that they could perform their tasks anywhere under any condition. Here s What You Need to Know: The Army Nurse Corps attended to the wounded in World War II. In October 1944, Army nurse Lieutenant Frances Slanger of the 45th Field Hospital somewhere in Europe wrote a letter to Stars and Stripes, the Army newspaper, to express her admiration of the American soldier. She dealt with their injuries, serious and slight, every day. She wrote, “You GIs say we nurses rough it. We wade ankle deep in mud. You have to lie in it. We have a stove and coal … In comparison to the way you men are taking it we can’t complain, nor do we feel that bouquets are due us. It is to you we doff our helmets … It is a privilege to receive you and a great distinction to see you open your eyes and with that swell American grin, say, ‘Hi-ya, babe!” ....