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428-GX-USN 1151925: Rear Admiral Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, July 1972.

428-GX-USN 1151925: Rear Admiral Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, July 1972. Duerk arranges flowers in her home in Washington, D.C The new Rear Admiral is the first woman to reach her rank. Photograph by JOC Byron Whitehead, July 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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Caption: 428-GX-USN 1151925: Rear Admiral Alene B. Duerk, Director of the Navy Nurse Corps, July 1972. Duerk arranges flowers in her home in Washington, D.C The new Rear Admiral is the first woman to reach her rank. Photograph by JOC Byron Whitehead, July 1972. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
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