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![Woman identified as Red Cross worker Mary Jane White of Burlington, Iowa is seen talking with a wounded soldier at a M.A.S.H. hospital. Ms. White wears a uniform with a Red Cross logo on the left sleeve. She is bent down in conversation with a wounded soldier who is reclining on a hospital cot. The patient’s head is bandaged, and he holds a magazine in his hands. Woman identified as Red Cross worker Mary Jane White of Burlington, Iowa is seen talking with a wounded soldier at a M.A.S.H. hospital. Ms. White wears a uniform with a Red Cross logo on the left sleeve. She is bent down in conversation with a wounded soldier who is reclining on a hospital cot. The patient’s head is bandaged, and he holds a magazine in his hands.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/primary-sources/images/history-education-pss-korea-nurse-source_0.jpg?itok=hd6b7vdv)
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This photograph shows a wounded Korean soldier in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospitals (MASH) hospital being attended by a Red Cross worker from Burlington, Iowa, Mary Jane White. White wears a uniform with a Red Cross logo on the left sleeve. She is bent down in conversation with a wounded soldier who is reclining on a hospital cot. The patient's head is bandaged, and he holds a magazine in his hands.
Source-Dependent Questions
- Based on the photo and the caption, what role is this woman playing in the Korean War? What other roles might women have played in the Korean War?
- After looking at this photo, refer to the Iowa Marines in a MASH Hospital. How is a MASH hospital the same and different than the hospitals we are used to?