NANCY DALEArmy Nurse NANCY DALEArmy Nurse RUBY LORRAINE RADFORD FIGHTERS for FREEDOM Series FIGHTERS for FREEDOM WHITMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY PRINTED IN U. S. A. Ruth Arundel Piercy, r.n. CONTENTS PAGE Nancy Waved to the Middle-Aged Couple Nancy Dale ARMY NURSE CHAPTER ONE EMERGENCY CHAPTER ONE EMERGENCY Nancy stood on the steps of the train and waved at a misty-eyed couple, a man and woman of middle years. Strange how she could be so close to tears, yet so buoyantly happy all in the same moment. The train began to move slowly and Nancy called back, “Be sure to forward all Tommy’s letters, Mom!” Her mother nodded and smiled, while her father lifted his hat in that courtly way he had. Nancy could scarcely believe that at last she was on her way to becoming a member of the great Army Nurse Corps. In fact she was one now, for she had already