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428-GX-USN 1151919: Rear Admiral Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, July 1972

428-GX-USN 1151919: Rear Admiral Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, July 1972. A special effects photograph of Rear Admiral Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps. The new Rear Admiral is the first woman to reach her rank. Photograph by JOC Byron Whitehead in Washington, D.C. July 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 428-GX-USN 1151919: Rear Admiral Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, July 1972. A special effects photograph of Rear Admiral Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps. The new Rear Admiral is the first woman to reach her rank. Photograph by JOC Byron Whitehead in Washington, D.C. July 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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