Merker, Irene Gailey, 1910-2008. Reminiscences of a Navy Nurse during WWII. Includes youth in Shamokin, Pa.; Graduated from UPA Nursing School, 1931; Employed at Chestnut Hill Hospital through 1938;Joined the Navy Nurse Corps in 1938; Assigned to NAVHOSP, Washington, D.C., 1938-1940; Newport NAVHOSP, 1940-1941; USS Solace, 1941-1942; Witnessed attack on Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941; Resigned from the Navy in April 1942; Marriage; Visiting Nurse, Burlington, Vt.; Attended Simmons College for B.S. and M.S. in Public Health; Providence District Nursing Association; Member of Pearl Harbor Survivors and NNC Associations.