Nurses treat the wounded at a hospital
Creator(s)
- Bertha (Bessie) B. Wachtel (Subject)
- Jack Stein
Biographical History
Beatrice Wachter (1906-1979) from Philadelphia, PA married Harry Wachter, a circulation agent with the Philadelphia Daily News, in 1931. She enlisted with the Army Nurse Corps at the age of 37 on June 7, 1943 and arrived in Europe on March 11, 1944. She served with the 51st Field Hospital in the campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe, and returned home on November 29, 1945. She received a Certificate of Merit: "With unselfish disregard for her own comfort and safety, Lt. Wachter contributed immeasurably to the care and well being of the many seriously wounded patients of the 51st Field Hospital in France, Belgium and Germany."
Scope and Content
Military man walks toward the camera along a road, smoking. The 51st Field Hospital is relocated to a hospital complex, likely in Belgium or Germany. The 51st Field Hospital was stationed in Germany after February 1945. Pan of hospital complex buildings and gardens. 01:22:11 Beatrice, wearing a traditional nurse's uniform, poses with three patients in robes outside the hospital.
Note(s)
Detailed film condition and transfer report from Brodsky and Treadway in departmental files.
Subjects
- NURSES
- MEDICAL PERSONNEL
- WOMEN
- WOUNDED
- HOSPITALS
- SOLDIERS/MILITARY (AMERICAN)
Places
- , Unknown
Genre
- Amateur.
- Film