a clerk. this decision of convenience turned out to be a decision made in heaven. i loved nursing. dorothie melvin crowley: my cadet experience challenged me intellectually and physically. i learned about myself and what i was capable of doing. i look back on those years with great nostalgia and with pride that i made it. history and circumstances came together in the right way, at the right time, to offer me the right life choices. pauline m. perry: why do so few remember us? why did we, cadet nurses of world war ii, not consider ourselves significant in a historical sense? perhaps the selfness of our nurse training was so inbred that we made little effort to draw attention to our record. perhaps we simply did not take the time to tell our stories. thelma m. robinson: the corps gave me the eagerness to move forward in my learning and to gain new skills and insights so i could broaden my horizon and provide a better nursing service.