Record #:

28958

Author(s):

Bandel, Jessica A.

Abstract:

Women who served in the Army Nurse Corps during World War I at Base Hospital 65 in Brest, France share their stories. 90 of the 100 nurses stationed at the hospital were from North Carolina. Over the course of 14 months, the nurses treated nearly 40,000 soldiers. The history of the nurses of Base Hospital 65 is detailed.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Spring 2017, p16-18

Subject(s):

Nurses; North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918; North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918--Medical corps

Record #:

43220

Author(s):

Bandel, Jessica A.

Abstract:

In July 1916, remnants of two hurricanes dropped nearly 22 inches of rain in western North Carolina in under one day. Hundreds of families were left destitute. A mill complex in Gaston County was completely washed away.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 61 Issue 1, Fall 2021, p18-19

Subject(s):

Floods--North Carolina, Western; Hurricanes--North Carolina, Wester (1916); Floods; Floods--1916

Record #:

28988

Author(s):

Bandel, Jessica A.; Hensley, Victoria

Abstract:

More than 20,000 black North Carolinians were called to fight for “democracy” in World War I while being denied equal rights back home. The soldiers faced discrimination at home and in the military. Stories of their service and how they were treated within the Army, by the British soldiers, and by the French soldiers are told.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 56 Issue 2, Spring 2017, p32-33

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918; North Carolina--History--World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects