Army nurses (left to right) Shirley Van Brakle, Milly Collins, and Bernice Finch Kneller stand behind a sign for Kents Cavern at Torquay, England, while on leave circa 19[...]

Army nurses (left to right) Shirley Van Brakle, Milly Collins, and Bernice Finch Kneller stand beside an Army Air Forces officer in front of an old structure in Torquay, [...]

Shirley Van Brakle (left) and fellow army nurse Milly Collins pose looking over a fence while on leave in Torquay, England, circa 1945.

Two ANC nurses walk out of Westminster Abbey in London, accompanied by a civilian man, circa 1945.

An ANC trainee lies face-up under a wire obstacle while a serviceman films it in 1943.

A group of Army nurses watch others crawl under a wire course during live fire training, circa 1943. The women wear field uniforms, helmets, and gas mask bags.

Shirley Van Brakle (right) and fellow ANC nurses stand near tents while on a field exercise in 1943. All the women wear field uniforms with helmets.

Formal group photo of ANC basic training unit seated on stairs at Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island, New York, in 1943. Shirley Van Brakle is second from left in[...]

Shirley Van Brakle (right) and fellow ANC nurses Bernice Finch Kneller and Milly Collins stand with serviceman in an overcoat while on leave in Torquay, England, circa 19[...]

Three ANC nurses, including Milly Collins and Bernice Finch Kneller, pose with a child in Switzerland, circa 1945.