File:Capt. Della H. Raney, Army Nurse Corps, who now heads the nursing staff at the station hospital at Camp Beale, CA - NARA - 535942.jpg

Summary

"Capt. Della H. Raney, Army Nurse Corps, who now heads the nursing staff at the station hospital at Camp Beale, CA, has the distinction of being the first Negro nurse to report to duty in the present war...", 04/11/1945 ( )

Author

Uncredited; Restored by Adam Cuerden

Record creator

Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Overseas Operations Branch. New York Office. News and Features Bureau. (12/17/1942 - 09/15/1945)

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Українська: Делла Г. Рейні була першою афроамериканкою, прийнятою в армійський корпус медсестер, США.

Date

11 April 1945

Collection

National Archives at College Park

	Native name	National Archives at College Park
	Parent institution	National Archives and Records Administration
	Location	College Park , United States of America
	Coordinates	39° 00′ 02″ N, 76° 57′ 34″ W
	Established	1994
	Website	www.archives.gov/college-park
	Authority file	: Q38945047 NAID: 10048491

Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S)

Record ID

This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 535942.

This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.

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Record group: Record Group 208: Records of the Office of War Information, 1926 - 1951 (National Archives Identifier: 535)
Series: Photographs of Notable Personalities, compiled 1942 - 1945 (National Archives Identifier: 535927)

NAIL Control Number: NWDNS-208-PU-161K-1

Select List Identifier: AFRO/AM LIST #147

208-PU-161K-1

Source

U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

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English: Della H. Raney was the first African American accepted into the Army Nurse Corps. In US and Canada, every February is Black History Month.

Other languages:

Čeština: Della H. Raney byla první afroameričankou, která byla přijata do vojenské jednotky Ošetřovatelský sbor Armády Spojených států amerických. V USA a Kanadě je měsíc únor tématicky slaven jako Měsíc černošské (afroamerické) historie.

Deutsch: Della H. Raney war die erste Afroamerikanerin, die in das United States Army Nurse Corps aufgenommen wurde.

English: Della H. Raney was the first African American accepted into the Army Nurse Corps. In US and Canada, every February is Black History Month.

Español: Della H. Raney fue la primera afroamericana aceptada en el cuerpo de enfermeras del ejército estadounidense. En EE. UU. y Canadá, el mes de febrero es el Mes de la Historia Negra.

Français : Della H. Raney (ici en 1945), première afro-américaine à intégrer le Corps des infirmières de l'armée américaine. Aux États-Unis et au Canada, on fête en février le Mois de l'histoire des Noirs

Italiano: Della H. Raney è stata la prima donna afroamericana ad essere stata ammessa nel corpo delle infermiere militari degli Stati Uniti d'America (United States Army Nurse Corps). Negli USA e in Canada, ogni anno a febbraio, si celebra il mese della storia dei neri.

Magyar: Della H. Raney, az első afroamerikai, akit felvettek az amerikai hadsereg ápolónői állományába

Nederlands: Della H. Raney was de eerste Afro-Amerikaanse medewerker van het United States Army Nurse Corps

Português: Della H. Raney foi a primeira afro-americana aceita no Corpo de Enfermeiras do Exército dos Estados Unidos. Nos Estados Unidos e no Canadá, todo mês de fevereiro é o Mês da História Negra.

Slovenščina: Della H. Raney (en) je bila prva Afroameričanka (en), ki je bila sprejeta v Korpus medicinskih sester vojske Združenih držav Amerike (en). V ZDA in Kanadi je vsak februar mesec črne zgodovine (en).

Македонски: Дела Рејни — првата афроамериканска военомедицинска сестра.

Українська: Делла Г. Рейні була першою афроамериканкою, прийнятою в армійський корпус медсестер. У США та Канаді щороку в лютому проводиться місяць афроамериканської історії.

Licensing

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