Army nurse Lt. Anne Wojcik and Pfc. Cecil Fleming aboard a train, Van Nuys, 1944

Item Overview

Title

Army nurse Lt. Anne Wojcik and Pfc. Cecil Fleming aboard a train, Van Nuys, 1944

Date Created

[circa May 5, 1944]

Date

1944-05-05

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph appears with the article "Atlantic War Theater Casualties Reach Sunny Haven." Los Angeles Times, 5 May 1944: A1.
Lt. Anne Wojcik kissing Pfc. Cecil Fleming on the cheek goodbye as he boards a train leaving Birmingham General Hospital. Pfc. Fleming was injured in an explosion in Persia and was treated at the Army hospital.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Tender leave-taking--Lt. Anne Wojcik, Army nurse aboard train which brought wounded to Birmingham General Hospital at Van Nuys, kisses Pfc. Cecil Fleming goodby. He was injured by blast in Persia.
Text from negative sleeve: Arrival of hospital train, Birmingham General Hosp. L to R. Lt. Anne Wojcik, Pfc. Cecil Fleming, 23

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

news photographs
black-and-white photographs

Names

Wojcik, Anne
Fleming, Cecil
United States. Army--Military life
Birmingham General Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

San Fernando Valley (Calif.)

Longitude

34.187959

Latitude

-118.502433

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Arrivals & departures--American--California--Van Nuys
Military officers--American--California--Los Angeles
Nurses--American--California--Los Angeles
Hospital trains--California--Los Angeles