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Our Mission: To pass legislation to make the women who served in the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps honorary WWII Veterans.
Our Progress: April 2019, a BIPARTISAN group of U.S. Senators and Representatives introduced the bill to honor the Cadet Nurses. HR 2056 and S.997. Update - July 12, 2019 - Passed in the House as part of the NDAA. We need Cosponsors in the Senate. Please CALL (202) 224-3121 . Time is limited. Our Support: The NEW-FOR-2019-BILL is 100% backed by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), American Nurses Association (ANA) , American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN), the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and the American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN). Your Action Needed: Be a "Friend" of the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps WWII. How? Let your U.S. Senators and House Representatives know that passing this NEW BILL is IMPORTANT to YOU. Just click the button below. It knows your Reps by your zip code! |
About Friends of the United States Cadet Nurse Corps World War II
This group was formed in 2018 to pass the legislation to honor members of the Cadet Nurse Corps. 2018 bipartisan legislation, "U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps Service Recognition Act." Bipartisan bills were introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives U.S. Senate in late 2018, but no action was taken on them before Congress ended. In April 2019, both the U.S. House and Senate re-introduced the bills. There is NO financial or VA medial benefits. Burial at Arlington Cemetery is EXCLUDED. These women of the Greatest Generation only request to be remembered as Honorary WWII Veterans with an American flag and a gravesite plaque forever marking their proud service to our country during wartime in the United States Cadet Nurse Corps.