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Keywords: Nurses' Aides
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Item 18197
Title: Dow Field Nurse's Aides
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library
Date: 1944-05-08
Location: Bangor
Media: Photograph
Item 18180
Title: Nurse's Aide, Dow Field, Bangor
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library
Date: 1944-05-18
Location: Bangor
Media: Photograph
Item 18200
Title: Dow Field Nurse's Aide, 1944
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library
Date: 1944-05-18
Location: Bangor
Media: Photograph
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Sarah Sampson: Caring for Soldiers, Orphans
Sarah Sampson of Bath went to war with her husband, a captain in the 3rd Maine Regiment. With no formal training, she spent the next four and a half years providing nursing and other services to soldiers. Even after her husband became ill and returned to Maine, Sampson remained in the Washington, D.C., area aiding the sick and wounded.
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In 1954, November 11 became known as Veterans Day, a time to honor American veterans of all wars. The holiday originated, however, as a way to memorialize the end of World War I, November 11, 1918, and to "perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations." Mainers were involved in World War I as soldiers, nurses, and workers on the homefront aiding the military effort.
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The Sanitary Commission: Meeting Needs of Soldiers, Families
The Sanitary Commission, formed soon after the Civil War began in the spring of 1861, dealt with the health, relief needs, and morale of soldiers and their families. The Maine Agency helped families and soldiers with everything from furloughs to getting new socks.