| 词条 | Winnie Gibson |
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|name=Winnie Gibson |birth_date= {{birth date|1902|12|15}} |death_date= {{death date and age|2000|7|21|1902|12|15}} |birth_place=Itaska, Texas |death_place=Houston, Texas |image= |caption= |nickname= |allegiance= United States of America |branch= United States Navy |serviceyears= 1930–1954 |rank= Captain, USN |commands=Director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, 1950-1954 |battles=World War II Korean War |awards=American Defense Service Medal with Base Clasp Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal |laterwork= }} Winnie Gibson was the second director of the United States Navy Nurse Corps, serving in that position from 1950 to 1954. Navy Nurse Corps careerCaptain Gibson graduated from Seton Hospital, Austin, Texas, in May 1923, and worked in civilian hospitals for seven years. She became a registered nurse in December 1930. After joining the United States Navy Nurse Corps in 1930, she served at Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Naval Hospital, New York City. In January 1934, she attended the School of Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine at University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia for instruction in anesthesia. In May 1934 she was assigned as Operating Room Supervisor and Anesthetist at Naval Hospital, New York City, and was subsequently assigned to the same duties at Quantico, Virginia. In 1937, she was assigned to the {{USS|Relief|AH-1}}. After her tour on the Relief, she was assigned as Anesthetist at Naval Hospital, Mare Island, California, and then as Anesthetist and Operating Room Supervisor at Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was at Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor, on 7 December 1941. In following tours, she was assigned as Chief Nurse at the Naval Hospitals in Jacksonville, Florida; Annapolis, Maryland; and Houston, Texas. Her last tour before being selected as Director was as Chief Nurse, U. S. Naval Hospital, Naval Medical Center, Guam, Marianas Islands. Director, Navy Nurse CorpsDuring the Korean War, CAPT Gibson presided over a Nurse Corps that was required to involuntarily recall Reserve nurses at the rate of 125 per week and "freeze" those on active duty. She retired from active duty on 1 May 1954. Later lifeGibson retired to Ohio, then to Texas. She died on 21 July 2000, and is buried at Restland Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas. Further reading
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