Helen Weant Collection
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- 801st flight nurses
- Four flight nurses from the 801st evacuation squadron pose together in Guadalcanal in 1944.
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- 801st flight nurses
- Six flight nurses from the 801st medical air evacuation transport squadron pose in an open airplane bay, circa 1944. All are wearing flight uniform coveralls. Pictured (clockwise from top-right) are: Terry Terrance, Loretta Ruggerio, Helen Hunter Weant, Kitty Lapan, unknown, and Cora Deffebaugh.
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- Army nurses at Sioux Falls
- Helen Weant (second from right) and three fellow ANC nurses pose outside a building at Sioux Falls Army Base in November 1942. Weant and the nurse on the far left wear Army Nurse Corps olive-drab off-duty dresses, the nurse on the far right wears the ANC service uniform with light olive-drab skirt, and the remaining nurse is in the white hospital uniform and cap.
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- Chapel service in Guadalcanal, 1944
- A chapel service on an army base in Guadalcanal, in 1944.
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- Evacuation crew in Guadalcanal
- An air evacuation crew removes a wounded soldier from a plane in Guadalcanal in 1944. Helen Weant may be the nurse pictured.
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- Five army nurses in field uniforms
- Helen Weant (far right) and four fellow army nurses pose for a picture in a wooded area, circa 1943. They are wearing ANC field uniforms, helmets, and gas mask bags.
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- Flight nurses and officers at Guadalcanal
- Helen Hunter Weant (second from right) and a fellow flight nurse are seated around a table with male army officers after a meal in Guadalcanal in 1944.
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- Helen Weant
- Helen Weant poses at the stairs to a building, circa 1943. She wears an Army Nurse Corps olive-drab off-duty dress, matching service cap, and handbag.
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- Helen Weant
- Helen Weant poses at the stairs to a building, circa 1943. She wears an Army Nurse Corps olive-drab off-duty dress, matching garrison cap, and handbag.
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- Helen Weant and nurses in Florica
- Helen Weant (far left) poses with three fellow nurses in front of a palm tree in Dunnellon, Florida, in September 1943. All four women wear Army Nurse Corps olive-drab service uniforms.
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- Helen Weant fording a stream
- Helen Weant (center) fords a stream, circa 1943. Two other army nurses can be seen in the background. All three women wear field work uniforms and helmets.
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- Helen Weant playing at the beach, circa 1944
- Helen Weant (third from right) and friends bury a friend in the sand, circa 1944.
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- Helen Weant swimming, circa 1944
- Helen Weant swimming in the Pacific Ocean with an unidentified man, circa 1944
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- Helen and Bob Weant, circa 1944
- Helen Weant (second from left) sits with Bob Weant on a bench outside an army base, circa 1944. Two women in civilian clothing sit on neighboring bench.
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- Interior of a dining hall
- Photo of the interior of a dining hall at an army base in Guadalcanal in 1944.
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- Interior of a recreation hall, 1944
- Photo of the interior of a recreation hall on an army base in Guadalcanal, in 1944. Five soldiers sit at a table.
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- Interior of a recreation hall, 1944
- Photo of the interior of a recreation hall on an army base in Guadalcanal, in 1944. A man is pictured standing at the bar.
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- Nurses at field exercise
- Helen Weant (second from left) poses with four fellow army nurses at a field exercise, circa 1943. All wear Army Nurse Corps field uniforms, canvas leggings, helmets, and gas mask bags, and a military vehicle can be seen on the dirt road in the background.
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- Oral history interview with Helen Weant, 2009
- Helen Hunter Weant primarily discusses her time as an army air evacuation nurse in the Pacific Theater of World War Two. She tells of her childhood, family, civilian life, and later life.
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- People on the beach, circa 1944
- Two women and a man on the beach, circa 1944.
